Be not too hasty, said Imlac, to trust, or to admire, the teachers of morality : they discourse like angels, but they live like men. Works - Seite 331von Samuel Johnson - 1811Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Paul Blouët - 1906 - 216 Seiten
...see the exception to the rule Ex. XVII. Note s, Part I. X.— THE PHILOSOPHER. (Eos. 7. Part III.) Rasselas, who could not conceive how any man could...without feeling the cogency of his own arguments, paid1 his visit in a few days, and was denied admission. He had now2 learned the power of money, and... | |
| 1906 - 422 Seiten
...are required to do by Nature we can authorize ourselves to do by law. Great Men DR. JOHNSON said of the teachers of morality : "They discourse like angels, but they live like men." That is a fair estimate of the individuals in this world whom men call great. We often hear the expression,... | |
| University of North Dakota - 1911 - 622 Seiten
...time, the sage advice given to the young Prince of Abyssinia would be very needful: "Be not too hasty to trust, or to admire, the teachers of morality ;...they discourse like angels, but they live like men." With great material prosperity have come to the American people extravagant habits. Individuals, municipalities,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1886 - 180 Seiten
...future guide : I will learn his doctrines, and imitate his life." " Be not too hasty," said Imlac, " to trust, or to admire, ! the teachers of morality...Rasselas, who could not conceive how any man could Emasculated : rendered weak or effeminate. Invulnerable : secure from injury, unalterable. • i reason... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1923 - 176 Seiten
...future guide : I will learn his doctrines and imitate his life." " Be not too hasty," said Imlac, " to trust or to admire the teachers of morality : they...could reason so forcibly without feeling the cogency J of his own arguments, paid his visit in a few days, and was denied admission. He had now learned... | |
| Octavius Francis Christie - 1924 - 296 Seiten
...might estimate the transactions of the world, and a confessor predict the progress of the passions." " The teachers of morality ; they discourse like angels, but they live like men." " They wandered in gardens of fragrance, and slept in fortresses of security." " He that races against... | |
| Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 Seiten
...possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. * * * One must not be too hasty to trust, or to admire the teachers of morality ;...they discourse like angels, but they live like men. * * * Wealth is nothing but as it is bestowed, and knowledge nothing but as it is communicated. ***... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1927 - 264 Seiten
...my future guide : I will learn his doctrines, and imitate his life." " Be not too hasty, said Imlac, to trust, or to admire, the teachers of morality :...in a few days, and was denied admission. He had now now learned the power of money, and made his way by a piece of gold to the inner apartment, where he... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1927 - 286 Seiten
.../" Be not too hasty, said Imlac, to trust, or /to admire, the teachers of morality : they disWourse like angels, but they live like men." ' Rasselas,...visit in a few days, and was denied admission. He had I/ / l^now learned the power of money, and made his '" *• way by a piece of gold to the inner apartment,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1927 - 258 Seiten
...teachers of morality : they course like angels, but they live like men. ;t, or I \ ' dis- - \ \ » \ Rasselas, who could not conceive how any man could...in a few days, and was denied admission. He had now now learned the power of money, and made his way by a piece of gold to the inner apartment, where he... | |
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