| James Boswell - 1791 - 556 pages
...ftrange opinion that every thing fhould be taught by lectures. Now, I cannot fee that lectures can do fo much good as reading the books from which the lectures are taken. I know nothing that can be beft taught by lectures, except where experiments are to be fhewn. You may teach chymiftry by lectures.—Yoa... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1798 - 464 pages
...ftrange opinion that every thing fhould be taught by lectures. Now I cannot fee that lectures can do fo much good as reading the books from which the lectures are taken. I know nothing that can be beft taught by lectures, except where experiments are to-be fhewn. You may teach chemiftry by lectures... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...Talking of education, " People have now a-days, (said he,) got a strange opinion that every thing should be taught by lectures. Now, I cannot see that lectures...taught by lectures, except where experiments are to be shewn. You may teach hymistry by lectures. — You might teach making of shoes by lectures !" At night... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 pages
...Talking of instruction, " People have now-adays (said he) got a strange opinion that every thing should be taught by lectures. Now I cannot see that lectures...taught by lectures, except where experiments are to be shewn. You may teach chemistry by lectures; you might teach making of shoes by lectures!" He allowed... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pages
...Talking of education, " People have now a-daya, (said he,) got a strange opinion that every thing should be taught by lectures. Now, I cannot see that lectures...best taught by lectures, except where experiments are ^'^ —You might teach making of shoes by lectures !" 57.' At night 1 supped with him at the Mitre... | |
| Walter Scott - 1811 - 734 pages
...unintelligible. ' People,' says Doctor Johnson, ' have now-adays got a strange idea thatevery thing is to be taught by lectures ; now I cannot see that lectures...taught by lectures, except where experiments are to be shewn. You may teach chemistry by lectures ; you may teach making of shoes by lectures.' Now, although... | |
| Walter Scott - 1811 - 732 pages
...Johnson, « have nov-idays got a strange idea that every thinf is to be taught by lectures ; now 1 cannot see that lectures can do so much good as reading the hook) from which the lectures arc taken. I know nothing that can be best taught by lectures, except... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...Talking of education, "People have now-a-days, (said he,) got a strange opinion that every thing should be taught by lectures. Now, I cannot see that lectures...lectures, except where experiments are to be shown. Yon may teach chymistry by lectures. You may teach making of shoes by lectures !" At night I supped... | |
| 1825 - 798 pages
...people have now-a-days got • etrange opinion, that every thing «hould be taught by lectures ; and I cannot see that lectures can do so much good as reading the books from which they are taken. I know nothing that cao be best taught by lectures, except where experimento are to... | |
| John Selden - 1818 - 678 pages
...Talking of instruction, " People have now-adays (said he) got a strange opinion that every thing should be taught by lectures. Now I cannot see that lectures...taught by lectures, except where experiments are to be shewn. You may teach chemistry by lectures ; you might teach making of shoes by lectures!" He allowed... | |
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