| James Boswell - 1821 - 382 Seiten
...ratiocination. — His acquaintance was cultivated by the most polite and accurate men, so that hi« house was an University in less volume, whither they...current in conversation." Bayle's account of Menage m?v also be quoted as exceedingly applicable to the great subject of this work. — " His illustrious... | |
| James Boswell - 1823 - 440 Seiten
...so infinite a fancy, bound in by a most logical ratiocination. — His acquaintance was cultivated by the most polite and accurate men, so that his house was a University in less volume; whither they came, not so much for repose as study, and to examine and... | |
| George Walker - 1825 - 668 Seiten
...and dwelt with him, as in a college situated in a purer air ; so that his house was a university in a less volume ; whither they came not so much for repose...propositions, which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation. Many attempts were made upon him by the instigation of his mother, who was a lady... | |
| James Boswell - 1826 - 442 Seiten
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| James Boswell - 1826 - 444 Seiten
...ingenuity ; so that, a fancy, bound in by a most logical ratiocination. — His acquaintance was cultivated by the most polite and accurate men, so that his house...whither they came, not so much for repose as study, »nd to examine and refine those grosser propositions which laziness and consent made current in conversation."... | |
| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1826 - 652 Seiten
...with him, as in '-v;"'^ a college situated in a purer air ; so that his house > was a university in a less volume ; whither they came not so much for repose...propositions, which laziness and consent made current in vulgar con- C '--x versation. Many attempts were made upon him by the instigation of his mother (who... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 570 Seiten
...judgment, so infinite a fancy, bound in by a most logical ratiocination. His acquaintance was cultivated by the most polite and accurate men, so that his house...grosser propositions which laziness and consent made cur. rent in conversation." Bayle's account of Menage may also be quoted as exceedingly applicable... | |
| David Francis Bacon - 1833 - 630 Seiten
...and dwelt with him, as in a college situated in a purer air ; so that his house was a university in a less volume ; whither they came not so much for repose...propositions, which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation. " Many attempts were made upon him by the instigation of his mother, (who was... | |
| Edmund Lodge - 1835 - 350 Seiten
...and dwelt with him as in a College, situated in a purer air ; so that his house was a University in a less volume, whither they came not so much for repose...propositions which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation. " Many attempts were made upon him, by the instigation of his mother (who was... | |
| 1835 - 746 Seiten
...dwelt with him, as in a College situated in a fairer air, so that his house was an University in a less volume, whither they came not so much for repose...propositions •which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation." In another place, Clarendon speaks of Lord Falkland's immense knowledge, his... | |
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