 It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit among Men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies,...  The Spectator - Pagina 53geredigeerd door - 1898Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Earle - 1879 - 742 pagina’s
...all well-regulated families, that set apart an hour in every morning for tea and bread-and-butter : and would earnestly advise them for their good to...order this paper to be punctually served up, and to be lookoi upon as a part of the tea equipage. — Spectator, No. 10. But he who wishes for periods that... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1879 - 136 pagina’s
...assemblies, at tea-tables and coffee-houses. I would therefore in a very particular manner recommend nay speculations to all well-regulated families that set apart an hour in every morning for tea and bread-and-butter; and would earnestly advise them, for their good, to order this paper to be punctually... | |
 | John Earle - 1880 - 766 pagina’s
...libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea tables and in coffee houses. I would, therefore, in a very particular manner, recommend...well-regulated families, that set apart an hour in everv morning for tea and bread-and-butter : and would earnestly advise them t^r their good to order... | |
 | Stopford Augustus Brooke - 1880 - 228 pagina’s
...country ; the latter popularized religion. " I have brought," he says, " philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs...and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses.' The next important series was Johnson's Rambler (1750-2) and Idler, but in diem lightness, the essence... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 pagina’s
...; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs...assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses". His essays are, directly or indirectly, moral — rules of propriety, precepts on when to speak, when... | |
 | William Minto - 1881 - 596 pagina’s
...superficial." And it is but fair to say, that if, as he boasted, he brought " Philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and coffee-houses," it certainly was Philosophy in a very diluted form. But in a periodical such as the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 150 pagina’s
...among men. I shall be ambitious to have it said of me that I have brought philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and coffee-houses. I would therefore in a very particular mannev recommend my speculations to all well-regulated... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1882 - 428 pagina’s
...; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me that I have brought philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs...tea-tables and in coffee-houses. I would therefore,' he ends with a smile, ' recommend these my speculations to all well-regulated assemblies that set apart... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1882 - 492 pagina’s
...country; the latter popularized religion. 'I have brought,' he says, ' philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs...and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffeehouses." "Addison, appearing at a time when English literature was at a very low ebb, made an impression which... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1883 - 516 pagina’s
...; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me that I have brought philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs...coffee-houses. I would therefore in a very particular maimer recommend those my speculations to all well regulated families that sed apart au hour in every... | |
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