 | 1836 - 802 pagine
...religious and mora) knowledge or' riííhi and wrong ; the next in an acquaintance with the hi.- tory of mankind, and with those examples which may be said...by events the reasonableness of opinions. Prudence arid justice are virtues and excellmeea i>f ail Mmes arid of all placen. We are perpetually moralists,... | |
 | 1837 - 754 pagine
...conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the moral and religious knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance...and prove by events the reasonableness of opinions. Our intercourse with intellectual nature is necessary ; our speculations upon matter are voluntary,... | |
 | 1837 - 830 pagine
...conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the moral and religious knowledge of right and wrong; the next is an acquaintance...and prove by events the reasonableness of opinions'. Our intercourse with intellectual nature is necessary : our speculations upon matter are voluntary,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pagine
...business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful only assisted him in any casual distresses, but continued an equal and s i > : ' I > i and wrong; Ihe next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples... | |
 | Alexander Young - 1838 - 728 pagine
...business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious...of opinions. Prudence and justice are virtues and excellencies of all times and of all places ; we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 pagine
...provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first reqni* site is the religious and moral knowledge of right and...of opinions. Prudence and justice are virtues and excellencies of all times and of all places ; we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians... | |
 | Horace Binney Wallace - 1838 - 274 pagine
...vivere, ad omnes ; — a sentiment of memorable truth, which Johnson has closely copied where he says, ' Prudence and Justice are virtues and excellences of all times and of all places : we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance;' and which he may have had in his mind when he... | |
 | John McVickar - 1838 - 564 pagine
...of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, — whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong. Prudence and justice are virtues and excellencies of all times, and all places. We are perpetually... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 pagine
...business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful 9 ?`?g? ? ? ;&)') > - -t? 3 = = ; ?L? :U?V?W? ; ; 2 ; ;M=N= =-;i? > >,: > = = = ; = 6N?O?P?Q? excellencies of all times and of all places; we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians... | |
 | Alexander Young - 1840 - 256 pagine
...business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious...of opinions. Prudence and justice are virtues and excellencies of all times and of all places ; we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians... | |
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But the truth is, that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful... 
