 | James Boswell - 1889 - 578 Seiten
...because we are surer of the odiousness of the one, than of the error of the other. JOHNSON. " Sir, I agree with him ; for the infidel would be guilty of...London. Does it not produce real advantage in the conveniency and elegance of accommodation, and this all from the exertion of industry ? People will... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 464 Seiten
...surer of the odiousness of the one, than of the error of the other. JOHNSON. " Sir, I agree with aim ; for the infidel would be guilty of any crime if he...London. Does it not produce real advantage in the conveniency and elegance of accommodation, and parallel between Dry den and Pope, might be loosely... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 Seiten
...of the other. JOHNSON : " Sir, I agree with him ; f( the infidel would be guilty of any crime if h were inclined to it." "Many things which are false...London. Does it not produce real advantage in the conveniency and elegance of accommodation, and this all from the exertion of industry? People will... | |
 | John Heyl Vincent, Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, John Thomas McFarland - 1890 - 444 Seiten
...servants attend to diurch regularly ! He replied he did it to prevent their robbing or murdering him. An infidel would be guilty of any crime, if he were inclined to it. — Johneon. A ship wiis wrecked upon the reefs of an island in the Pacific. Fearing the inhabitants... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 Seiten
...because we are surer of the odiousness of the one than of the error of the other. JOHNSON : " Sir, I with a passage which you think is particularly fine,...Eutropius ; and I will venture to say, that if you compare conveniency and elegance of accommodation, and this all from the exertion of industry? People will... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 546 Seiten
...because we are surer of the odiousness of the one, than of the errour of the other. JOHNSON. " Sir, I agree with him ; for the infidel would be guilty of...that luxury produces much good. Take the luxury of building in London. Does it not produce real advantage in the conveniency and elegance of accommodation,... | |
 | Charles Josselyn - 1903 - 320 Seiten
...Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking." Not be Diverted , r . '. . . Jt . T .. . Many things which are false are transmitted from book...London. Does it not produce real advantage in the conveniency and elegance of accommodation, and this all from the exertion of industry ? People will... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 726 Seiten
...because we are surer of the odiousness of the one, than of the errour of the other. JOHNSON. ' Sir, I agree with him ; for the infidel would be guilty of...London. Does it not produce real advantage in the conveniency and elegance of accommodation, and this all from the exertion of industry ? People will... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 634 Seiten
...notoriously •ifiosness of the one than of the error of the other. JOHNSON : " Sir, I agree » ta him ; for the infidel would be guilty of any crime...London. Does it not produce real advantage in the conveniency and elegance of accommodation, and this all from the exertion of industry ? People will... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852
...because we are surer of the odiousness of ths one than of the error of the other. JOHNSON : " Sir, I agree with him ; for the infidel would be guilty of...London. Does it not produce real advantage in the conveniency and elegance of accommodation, and this all from the exertion of industry 1 People will... | |
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Many things which are false are transmitted from book to book, and gain credit in the world. One of these is the cry against the evil of luxury. Now the truth, is that luxury produces much good. Take the luxury of buildings in London. 
