 Johnson should forbid me to drink tea, I would comply, as I should feel the restraint only twice a day ; but little variations in narrative must happen a thousand times a day, if one is not perpetually watching." JOHNSON. "Well, madam, and you ought to...  The Great Harmonia: The thinker - Seite 108von Andrew Jackson Davis - 1861Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 Seiten
...must happen a thousand times a day, if one is not perpetually watching."—JOHNSON. " Well, Madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more...lying that there is so much falsehood in the world." Talking of instruction, " People have now-adays (said he) got a strange opinion that every thing should... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 526 Seiten
...be perpetually watching. It jjtaT is more from carelessness about truth than from inten- 6<j. tional lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world."...Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope," Johnson has given the following salutary caution upon this subject : " Nothing but experience could evince... | |
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 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 396 Seiten
...either of an individual or of human nature in general ; if it be false, it is a picture of nothing." " It is more from carelessness about truth, than from...lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world." This sentence may appear harsh, and if executed it may have a tendency to decrease the floating stock... | |
 | James Boswell - 1816 - 500 Seiten
...narrative must happen a thousand times a day, if one is not perpetually watching." JOHNSON. " Well, Madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more...Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope," Johnson has given the following salutary caution upon this subject : " Nothing but experience could evince... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 420 Seiten
...either of an individual or of human nature in general ; if it be false, it is a picture of nothing." " It is more from carelessness about truth, than from...lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world." This sentence may appear harsh, and if executed it may have a tendency to decrease the floating stock... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 536 Seiten
...« thousand times a-day, if one is not perpetually watching. Johnson. Well, Madam, und you un-¿ht to be perpetually watching. It is more from carelessness about truth than frooi intentional lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. In his review of Dr. Wartou's... | |
 | John Selden - 1818 - 678 Seiten
...must happen a thousand times a day, if One is not perpetually watching." — JOHNSON. " Well, Madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more...lying that there is so much falsehood in the world." Talking of instruction, " People have now-adays (said he) got a strange opinion that every thing should... | |
 | Mrs. Hoare (Louisa Gurney) - 1819 - 206 Seiten
...do not let it pass, but instantly check them ; you -do not know where deviation from truth will end. IT is MORE FROM CARELESSNESS ABOUT TRUTH, THAN FROM...LYING, THAT THERE IS SO MUCH FALSEHOOD IN THE WORLD*." On no account whatever let any thing be said or done in the nursery, that Mamma is not to be told.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 520 Seiten
...narrative must happen a thousand times a day, if one is not perpetually watching." JOHNSON. " Well, Madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more...Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope," Johnson has given the following salutary caution upon this subject: " Nothing but experience could evince the... | |
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