 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...culture. It was said of Socrates, that he brought philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit among men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I...and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses. I would therefore in a very particular manner recommend these my speculations to all well-regulated... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pages
...culture. It was said of Socrates, that he brought philosophy down from her-ven, to inhabit among men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I...and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses. I would therefore in a very particular manner recommend these my speculations to all well-regulated... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 390 pages
...overlooked by graver writers, and more bulky theorists : or, in the language of Addison, ' to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses.' Of the origin of this species of writing Dr. JOHNSON has given a sketch which it were to be wished... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 370 pages
...culture. It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I...and assemblies, at teatables, and in coffee-houses. I would therefore in a very particular manner recommend these my speculations to all well-regulated... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 332 pages
...Socrates was said to have brought philosophy down from heaven to inhabit among men : ' And 1,' says he, ' shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have...assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses.' Learning has been divested of the peculiarities of a college dress, that she might mix in polite assemblies,... | |
 | John Walker - 1822 - 404 pages
...example : It was said of Socrates, that he brought philosophy down from heaven 10 inhabit among men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I...dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in cofiec-houses. Spectator, JVo. 10. When this sentence is properly read, every ear will perceive a peculiar... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 pages
...example : It was said of Socrates, that he brought philosophy down from Heaven to inhabit among men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I...tea-tables and in coffee-houses. Spectator, N° 10. When this sentence is properly read, every ear will perceive a peculiar harmony in the cadence, hut... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 632 pages
...culture. It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I...and assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses. I would therefore in a very particular manner recommend these my speculations to all well-regulated... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 356 pages
...culture. It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I...and assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses. I would therefore in a very particular manner recommend these my speculations to all well-regulated... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 884 pages
...culture. It was said of Socrates, that he brought philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I...and assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffeehouses. I would, therefore, in a very particular manner recommend these my speculations to all well-regulated... | |
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It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven to inhabit among Men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies,... 
