 whether we wifh to be ufeful or pleafing, .the firft requifite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong; the next is an acquaintance with the hiftory of mankind, and with thofe examples which maybe faid to embody truth, and prove by events...  The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces - Page 25by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 lehte
...we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth, and prove by events... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 lehte
...we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth, and prove by events... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 452 lehte
...we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth* and prove by events... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 lehte
...we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth, and prove by events... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 lehte
...we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to em? body truth, and prove by events... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 574 lehte
...provide " for action or conversation, whether we wish to be " useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious " and moral knowledge of right and wrong: the next "is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, " and with those examples which may be said to em" body truth, and prove by events... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 lehte
...we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth, and prove by events... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 474 lehte
...we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth, and prove by events... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 502 lehte
...we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth, and prove by events... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 lehte
...we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth, and prove by events... | |
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