 | Vicesimus Knox - 1785 - 360 strani
...being able to eftimate his fkill in HYDROSTATICS or ASTRONOMY ; but his moral and prudential charafter immediately appears. " THOSE AUTHORS, THEREFORE, ARE...THESE PURPOSES ARE BEST SERVED BY POETS, ORATORS, AND HISTORIANS." Dr. JOHNSON. * The laws of England muft alfo be comprehended among the academical flu... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 strani
...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 strani
...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...these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians Let me not be censured for this digression as pedantick or paradoxical; for if I ba.\e Milton... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 strani
...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 - 1806 - 336 strani
...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...these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians. Let me not be censured for this digression as pedantick or paradoxical ; for, if I have... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 strani
...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 - 1808 - 320 strani
...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 strani
...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...these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians. Let me not be censured for this digression as pedantick or paradoxical ; for, if I have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 strani
...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 strani
...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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Physiological learning is of such rare emergence, that one may know another half his life, without being able to estimate his skill in hydrostatics or astronomy ; but his moral and prudential character immediately appears. Those authors, therefore, are... 
