 | 1871 - 792 էջ
...Steele and Addison, in the "Tattler" and " Spectator," the avowed object of the latter being, " to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...and assemblies, at teatables, and in coffee-houses." Issued frequently, and written with a purity and elegance to which the public had not been accustomed,... | |
 | John Earle - 1873 - 736 էջ
...their desperate state of vice and folly into which the age is fallen. The mind that lies fallow for a single day sprouts up in follies that are only to...and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea tables and in coffee houses. I would, therefore, in a very particular manner, recommend these my... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 622 էջ
...was said of Socrates that he brought philosophy down from heaven to inhabit among men ; and I should be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought...and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses. ' * By turning to fresh intellectual fields the minds of the upper classes — the people in good society... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 590 էջ
...was said of Socrates that he brought philosophy down from heaven to inhabit among men ; and I should be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought...and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses. ' 1 By turning to fresh intellectual fields the minds of the upper classes — the people in good society... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1874 - 568 էջ
...accomplished style, and made pleasure subservient to reason : ' It was said of Socrates that he bronght Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men...particular manner, recommend these my speculations to all well-regulated families, and set apart an hour in every morning for tea and bread and butter ; and... | |
 | John Bascom - 1893 - 458 էջ
...sprouts up in follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous culture. It was said by Socrates, that he brought philosophy down from Heaven...and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffeehouses." This purpose, thus distinctly announced, was carried forward with great fertility of resources, variety... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 էջ
...shall endeavour to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality, that my readers may, if possible, both ways find their account in the speculation...particular manner, recommend these my speculations to all well-regulated families, that set apart to an hour in every morning for tea and bread and butter; and... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 576 էջ
...down from heaven, to inhabit among men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I hdVe brought philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools...particular manner, recommend these my speculations to all well-regulated families, that set apart 10 an hour in every morning for tea and bread and butter; and... | |
 | Stopford Augustus Brooke - 1876 - 180 էջ
...classes and crept down to the country ; the latter popularized religion. " I have brought," he says, " philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses.' The next important series was Johnson's Rambler (1750-2) and Idler, but in them lightness, the essence... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1878 - 518 էջ
...Unterhaltung; unb in ber Ï6.at, für fie tft bie lecture nur eine Unterhaltung; unb jroar eine beffere *) It was said of Socrates that he brought philosophy...would therefore in a very particular manner recommend those my speculations to all well regulated families that set apart an hour in every morning for tea,... | |
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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,... 
