 That some of them have been adopted by him unnecessarily, may perhaps be allowed ; but in general they are evidently an advantage, for without them his stately ideas would be confined and cramped. "He that thinks with more extent than another, will want...  The Scots Magazine - Stran 661790Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Samuel Johnson - 1767 - 366 strani
...with the vulgar, This is a precept fpecious enough, but not always practicable. Difference of thoughts will produce difference of language. He that thinks...larger meaning ; he that thinks with more fubtilty will feek for terms of more nice difcrlmination ; and where is the wonder, fince words are but the images... | |
 | James Boswell - 1768 - 426 strani
...a fufficlcnt anfwer in a general remark in /> one of his excellent papers. ' Difference of thoughts will produce difference of language. He that thinks...than another, •will want words of larger meaning. (<z) x I hope to be pardoned for this digrcffion, wherein I pay a juft tribute of veneration and gratitude... | |
 | James Boswell - 1768 - 424 strani
...fufficiepl; 41^ fwer in a general remark in one of his ex* cellent papers. ' Difference of thought^ will produce difference of language. He that thinks...than another, will want words of larger meaning.' (a) -j3 ,, ^ I hope to be pardoned for this digreiHon,; wherein I pay a juft tribute of veneration.... | |
 | Royal Irish Academy - 1787 - 432 strani
...in his Idler, he 'infifts largely on the fecond plea, the greater diftinctneft of fignification. " Difference of thoughts," he fays, " will produce "...meaning; he that thinks *' with more fubtilty, will feek for terms of more nice difcrimi** nation." In this argument there is certainly fome degree of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 strani
...with the vulgar. This is a precept fpecious enough, but not always practicable. Difference of thoughts will produce difference of language. He that thinks...meaning ,. he that thinks with more fubtilty will feek for terms of more nice difcrimination ; and where is the wonder, fince words are bup the images... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 strani
...the "vulgar. This is a precept fpecious enough, but not always practicable. Difference of thoughts will produce difference of language. He that thinks...larger meaning; he that thinks with more fubtilty will feek for terms of more nice difcrimination ; and where is the wonder, iince words are but the images... | |
 | 1787 - 528 strani
...tie vulgar. This is í piccept fpecious enough, but notalwavt pi iclicable. Difference of thoughts will produce difference of language. He that thinks...words of larger meaning; he that thinks with more luhtilty wiU feck for terms oï move \\\« and \v\ute \» Л ire but the images of things, that he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 442 strani
...the -vulgar. This is a precept fpecious enough, but not always practicable. Difference of thoughts will produce difference of language. He that thinks...words of larger meaning ; he that thinks with more iubtilty will feek for terms of more nice difcrimination ; and where is the wonder, fince words are... | |
 | 1787 - 750 strani
...Difference of thoughts," lays he, " will produce difference of language. He that thinks with larger extent than another, will want words of larger meaning. He that thinks more fubtilty will feck for terms of more nice difcrimination." It is certnin, that paflages fometimes... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 556 strani
...they are evidently an advantage, for without them his ftately ideas would be confined and cramped. " He that thinks with more extent than another, will want words of larger meaning 5 .'* He once told me, that he had formed his ftyle upon that of Sir 'William Temple, and upon Chambers's... | |
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