GENIUS of the place. It is a sort of inspiring deity, which every youth of quick sensibility and ingenious disposition creates to himself, by reflecting, that he is placed under those venerable walls, where a HOOKER and a HAMMOND, a BACON and a NEWTON,... The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Pagina 131di Samuel Johnson - 1820Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 510 pagine
...reflecting that he is placed under those venerable walls, where a Hooker and a Hammond, a Bacon, vnul a Newton, once pursued the same course of science,...contemplated the porticos where Socrates sat, and the laurelgrovea where Plato disputed. But there are other circumstances, and of the highest importance,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 482 pagine
...disposition creates to himself, by reflecting, that he is placed under those venerable walls, where a HOOKER and a HAMMOND, a BACON and a NEWTON, once pursued...of science, and from whence they soared to the most elerr vated heights of literary fame. This is that incitement which Tully, according to his own testimony,... | |
| Samuel Parr, John Johnstone - 1828 - 720 pagine
...disposition creates to himself, by reflecting that he id placed under those venerable walls where a Hooker and a Hammond, a Bacon and a Newton, once pursued...heights of literary fame. This is that incitement, which Tally, according to his own testimony, experienced at Athens, when he contemplated the portico where... | |
| James Boswell - 1835 - 460 pagine
...disposition creates to himself, by reflecting that he is placed under those venerable walls where a Hooker and a Hammond, a Bacon and a Newton, once pursued...testimony, experienced at Athens, when he contemplated the portico where Socrates sat, and the laurel-grove where Plato disputed. But, there are other circumstances,... | |
| James Boswell - 1835 - 402 pagine
...disposition creates to himself, by reflecting that he is placed under those venerable walls where 'a Hooker and a Hammond, a Bacon and a Newton, once pursued...testimony, experienced at Athens, when he contemplated the portico where Socrates sat, and the laurel-grove where Plato disputed. But, there are other circumstances,... | |
| 1835 - 276 pagine
...that he is placed under those walls where a Hooker and a Hammond, a Bacon and a Newton, a Milton, &c. once pursued the same course of science, and from...soared to the most elevated heights of literary fame." AMBULATIONS. FIRST WALK. To view the Public Buildings of the University, we shall begin from CHEAT... | |
| John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 pagine
...disposition creates to himself, by reflecting that he is placed under those venerable walls where a Hooker and a Hammond, a Bacon and a Newton, once pursued...testimony, experienced at Athens, when he contemplated the portico where Socrates sat, and the laurel-grove where Plato disputed. But, there are other circumstances,... | |
| Andrews Norton - 1839 - 844 pagine
...— for which Johnson extols the English universities, and which, as we are reminded by him, Cicero experienced at Athens, when he contemplated the porticos...Socrates sat, and the laurel-groves where Plato disputed. The full effect of these various beneficent influences upon the students may sometimes be prevented... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 624 pagine
...Hooker and a Hammoni!. a Bacon and a Newton, once pur» sued the seine course of science, and fron whence they soared to the most elevated heights of...his own testimony, experienced at Athens, when he con» templated the porticos where Socrates sat, and the laurel groves where Plato disputed. But there... | |
| John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 pagine
...disposition creates to himself, by reflecting that he is placed under those venerable walls where a Hooker and a Hammond, a Bacon and a Newton, once pursued...testimony, experienced at Athens, when he contemplated the portico where Socrates sat, and the laurel-grove where Plato disputed. But, there are other circumstances,... | |
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