| Vicesimus Knox - 1785 - 360 pàgines
...ASTRONOMY ; but his moral and prudential charafter immediately appears. " THOSE AUTHORS, THEREFORE, ARE TO BE READ AT SCHOOLS, THAT SUPPLY MOST AXIOMS OF PRUDENCE, MOST PRINCIPLES OF MORAL TRUTH, AND MOST MATERIALS FOR CONVERSATION ; AND THESE PURPOSES ARE BEST SERVED BY POETS, ORATORS, AND HISTORIANS."... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pàgines
...or astronomy; but his moral and prudential character immediately appears. Those ^authors, therefore, are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation ; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 pàgines
...or astronomy ; but his moral and prudential character immediately appears. Those authors, therefore, are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation ; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians.... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 514 pàgines
...astronomy ; but his moral and prudential character immediately appears. 1'hose authors, therefore, are to be read at schools, that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conveisation ; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pàgines
...or astronomy ; but his moral and prudential character immediately appears. Those authors, therefore, are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation ; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pàgines
...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,... | |
| Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 338 pàgines
...astronomy; but his moral and prudential character immediately appears. Those < authors, therefore, are to be read at schools, that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation; and these purposes are best served by Poets, Orators, and Historians."l1... | |
| George Crabb - 1816 - 788 pàgines
...unchangeable both in matter and manner, and admit of little or no increase in number; but the latter may vary with the circumstances of human life, and admit of considerable extension. Aphorism is a speculative principle, either in science or morals, which is presented in a few words... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 pàgines
...astronomy ; but his moral and prudential character immediately appears, r Those authors, therefore, are to be read at schools • /that supply most axioms of prudence, most princiI ples of moral truth, and most materials for conver/ sation ; and these purposes are best served... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 570 pàgines
...or astronomy ; but his moral and prudential character immediately appears. Those authors therefore are to be read at schools, that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation ; and tlitsti purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians.... | |
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