| James Boswell - 1791 - 608 Seiten
...be guilty of any crime if he were inclined to it." * " Many things which are falfe are tranfmitted from book to book, and gain credit in the world. One of thefe is the cry againft the evil of luxury. Now the truth is, that luxury produces much good. Take... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1798 - 464 Seiten
...tranfmitted from book to book, and gain credit in the worldt One of thefe is the ery againft the evil Pf - . of luxury. Now the truth is, that luxury produces much good. Take the luxury of build^ ings in London. Does it not produce real advantages in the conveniency and elegance of accommodation,... | |
| 1799 - 614 Seiten
...characterized his social, life. MXL MR. [ 25 J MR. SHERIDAN. IT has been justly remarked by Dr. Johnson that, " many things, which are false, are transmitted from book to book, and gain credit in the •world." This observation may be applied to the different memoirs of Mr. Sheridan, which have been published.... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 526 Seiten
...I 67. * agree with him ; for the infidel would be guilty of any crime if he were inclined to it." " Many things which are false are transmitted from book...London. Does it not produce real advantage in the convenjency and elegance of accommodation, and this all from the exertion of industry ? People will... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 Seiten
...remember this remark of Sir Thomas Brown's, ' Do the devils lie? No; for then Hell could not subsist.'" " Many things which are false are transmitted from book...luxury of buildings in London. Does it not produce real advantages in the conveniency and elegance of accommodation, and this all from the exertion of industry... | |
| Wakefield, Edward - 1812 - 810 Seiten
...very few." Hosnvcll's Life of Johnson, vol. ii. p. 219. On another occasion, this great man said: " Many things which are false, are transmitted from...that luxury produces much good. Take the luxury of the buildings in London ; does it not produce real advantage hi the conveniency and elegance of accommodation,... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - 536 Seiten
...Johnson. Sir, I agree with him; for the infidel would be guilty of any crime if he were inclined to it." " Many things which are false are transmitted from book to book, and gain creHit in the world. One of these is the cry against the evil of luxury. Now the truth is, that luxury... | |
| John Selden - 1818 - 678 Seiten
...this remark of Sir Thomas Brown's, ' Do the devils lie? No ; for then Hell could not subsist.' " " Many things which are false are transmitted from book...luxury of buildings in London. Does it not produce real advantages in the conveniency and elegance of accommodation, and this all from the exertion of industry... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 550 Seiten
...Sir, I agree with him; for the infidel wouíd be guilty of any crime if he were inclined to it." " Many things which are false are transmitted from book...industry ? People will tell you, with a melancholy fuce^ how many builders are in gaol. It is plain they are in gaol, not for building ; for rents are... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 372 Seiten
...enlogy : ' Sir, we could not have had a better dinner had there been a synod of cooks.' " He said, " Many things which are false are transmitted from book...all from the exertion of industry ? People will tell yon, with a melancholy face, how many builflers are in gaol. It is plain they are in gaol, not for... | |
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