 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; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which...  The American Journal of Education - Página 189editado por - 1864Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779
...may be faid to embody truth, and prove by events the reafonablcnefs of opinions. Prudence and juftice are virtues, and excellencies, of all times, and of all places; we are perpetually moralifts, but \ve are geometricians only by chance. Our intercourfe with intellectual nature is necefiary;... | |
 | 1780
...may be faid to embody truth, and prove by events the reafonablenefs of opinions. Prudence and juftice are virtues, and excellencies, of all times, and of all places ; we are perpetually moralifts, but we are geometricians only by chance. Our intercourfe with intellectual nature is necefiary... | |
 | 1780
...may be faid to embody truth, and prove by events the reafonablenefs of opinions. Prudence and juftice are virtues, and excellencies, of all times, and of all places; we are perpetually moraliils, but we are geometricians only by chance. Our incercourfe with intellectual nature is ncceffary... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 503 páginas
...be faid to embody truth, and prove by events the reafonablenefs of opinions*. Prudence and Juftice are virtues, and excellencies, of all times and of all places ; we are perpetually moralifts, but we are geometricians only by chance. Our intercourfe with intellectual nature is neeeflary... | |
 | 1789
...and includes, is not the great or the frequent bulinels of the human mind. P.udence and Julliccare virtues and excellencies of all times and of all places; we are perpetually momliffs, but we are geomeir cians only by chance. Our imerrourli T\;ih intellectual nature is neceffa... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 536 páginas
...may be faid to embody truth, and prove by events the reafonablenefs of opinions. Prudence and juftice are virtues, and excellencies, of all times, and of all places ; we are perpetually moralifts, but we are geometricians only by chance. Our intercourfe with intellectual nature is neceflary... | |
 | Joseph Towers - 1796
...embody " truth, " truth, and prove by events the reaibtt" ablenefe of opinions. Prudence and " juftice are virtues, and excellencies, of " all times, and of all places : we are " perpetually moralifts, but we are geo«* metricians only by chance. Our inter" courfe with intellectual nature... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801
...be faid to em-> body truth, and prove by events the reafonablencfs Of opinions* Prudence and Juftice are virtues and excellencies of all times and of all places ; we are perpetually moralifts, but we are geometricians only by chance. Our intercourfe with intellectual nature is neceflkry... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 394 páginas
...we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong. The next is an acquaintance with the history...embody truth, and prove by events the reasonableness of opini6ns. Prudence and justice are virtues and excellencies of all times and all places. We are perpetually... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804
...we wish to be userul or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge ot right and wrong; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which maybe said to embody truth, and prove by events the reasonableness of opinions. Prejudice and Justice... | |
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