 | Vicesimus Knox - Education - 1785 - 360 pages
...being able to eftimate his fkill in HYDROSTATICS or ASTRONOMY ; but his moral and prudential charafter immediately appears. " THOSE AUTHORS, THEREFORE, ARE...MORAL TRUTH, AND MOST MATERIALS FOR CONVERSATION ; AND THESE PURPOSES ARE BEST SERVED BY POETS, ORATORS, AND HISTORIANS." Dr. JOHNSON. * The laws of England... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...know anotbi half his life without being able to estimate his (kill in hydrostaticks or astroru my; but his moral and prudential character immediately...therefore, are to be read at schools that supply most axicwi of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materiafs for conversa tion ; and these... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...one man may know another hall' his life without being able to estimate his fltill in hydrostaticks or astronomy; but his moral and prudential character...moral truth, and most materials for conversation ; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians Let me not be censured for this digression... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...that one man may know another half his life - without being able to estimate his skill in hydrostaties or astronomy ; but his moral and prudential character...appears; Those authors therefore, are to be read at school, that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 336 pages
...that one may know another half his life, without being able to estimate his skill in hydrostaticks or astronomy ; but his moral and prudential character...moral truth, and most materials for conversation ; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians. Let me not be censured for this digression... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...skill in hydrostaties or astronomy ; but his moral and prudential character immediately appears. 1'hose authors, therefore, are to be read at schools, that...principles of moral truth, and most materials for conveisation ; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians. Let me not be... | |
 | George Horne - English essays - 1808 - 320 pages
...such rare emergence, that one man may know another half his life, without being able to estimate bis skill in hydrostatics or astronomy: but his moral...Those authors therefore are to be read at schools, (hat supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...that one may know another half his life, without being able to estimate his skill in hydfostaticks or astronomy ; but his moral and prudential character...moral truth, and most materials for conversation ; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians. Let me not be censured for this digression... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1811 - 420 pages
...without being able to estimate his skill in hydrostaticks or astronomy ; but his moral and prudeutiaj character immediately appears. Those authors, therefore,...are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudente, most prineiples of moral truth, and most materials for conversation ; and these purposes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...skill in hydrostaticks or astronomy; but his moral and prudential character immediately appears. s Those authors, therefore, are to be read at schools...that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles <ir moral truth,, and most materials , for conversation; and these purposes are best served by poets,... | |
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Those authors, therefore, are to be read at schools* that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation ; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians. 
