 The prince soon found that this was one of the sages whom he should understand less as he heard him longer. He therefore bowed and was silent; and the philosopher, supposing him satisfied, and the rest vanquished, rose up and departed with the air of...  The Mid-eighteenth Century - Page 107by John Hepburn Millar - 1902 - 387 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 460 pages
...general disposition and tendency of the present system of things." The prince soon found that this was one of the sages whom he should understand less...man that had co-operated with the present system. THE PRINCE ASSOCIATES WITH YOUNG MEN OP SPIRIT AND GAIETY. RASSELAS rose next day, and resolved to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1856 - 122 pages
...and tendency of the present system of things." The prince soon found that this was one of the sagea whom he should understand less as he heard him longer....man that had co-operated with the present system. CHAP. XXIII. The Prince and ha Sister divide between them the Work of Observation. RASSELAS returned... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1856 - 112 pages
...felicity ; to co-operate with the general disposition and tendency of the present system of things." He therefore bowed and was silent; and the philosopher,...man that had co-operated with the present system. CHAP. XXIII. The Prince and his Sister divide between them the Work of Observation. RASSELAS returned... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 452 pages
...general disposition and tendency of the present system of things." The prince soon found that this was one of the sages whom he should understand less...man that had co-operated with the present system. CHAPTER XXIII. THE PEINCE AND HIS SISTER DIVIDE BETWEEN THEM THE WOBK OF OBSERVATION. RASSELAS returned... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...general disposition and tendency of the present system of things." The prince soon found that this was one of the sages whom he should understand less...man that had co-operated with the present system. — 279. THEY were always jealous of the beauty of each other, of a quality to which solicitude can... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 542 pages
...The philosopher replies in unintelligible iargon, and Johnson adds, " The prince soon found that this was one of the sages whom he should understand less as he heard him longer." '' The unreflecting disdain shows poorly by the side of Butler's comment on the maxim. " The ancient... | |
 | John Bascom - 1893 - 458 pages
...the general disposition and tendency of the present system of things. The prince soon found that this was one of the sages whom he should understand less as he heard him more." Johnson himself was not often misled by the pomp of words, or occupied by mere sound. A thoughtful... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1876 - 430 pages
...general disposition and tendency of the present system of things." The prince soon found that this was one of the sages whom he should understand less...man that had co-operated with the present system. CHAPTER XXIII. THE rui.Ni I: AND HIS BISTER DIVIDE BETWEEN Tltl'M THE WOHK OF OBSERVATION. J> ASSELAS... | |
 | 1878 - 314 pages
...general disposition and tendency of the present system of things.' The Prince soon found that this was one of the sages whom he should understand less...man that had co-operated with the present system. Plato, Protag. 334, 335. ' "V/^OU see, then,' said he, ' how well our hypothesis, being A once admitted,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 pages
...general disposition and tendency of the present system of things.' The prince soon found that this was one of the sages whom he should understand less...man that had co-operated with the present system. CHAPTER XXIIL THE PRINCE AND HIS SISTER DIVIDE BETWEEN THEM THE WORK OF OBSERVATION. RASSELAS returned... | |
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