 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
 | William Wolfe Capes - 1880 - 276 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." l The criticism needs, perhaps, no serious answer, as it might be urged with little variation of detail... | |
 | 1880 - 556 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 as he heard him longer." Here, finally, is a characteristic reflection upon the right mode of meeting sorrow. " The state of... | |
 | William Beckford - 1883 - 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 PRINCE AND HIS SISTER DIVIDE BETWEEN THEM THE WORK OF OBSERVATION. RASSELAS returned... | |
 | Wilfrid Philip Ward - 1885 - 136 pages
...disposition and tendency of the present system of things.' The prince soon found that this was one of those sages whom he should understand less as he heard him...silent ; and the philosopher, supposing him satisfied, . . . rose up and departed with the air of a man that had co-operated with the present system." To... | |
 | Wilfrid Ward - 1886 - 144 pages
...disposition and tendency of the present system of things.' The prince soon found that this was one of those sages whom he should understand less as he heard him...silent ; and the philosopher, supposing him satisfied, . . . rose up and departed with the air of a man that had co-operated with the present system." To... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 216 pages
...devout 8. The philosopher who directs his hearers to live according to nature T1ediscovers to be ' one of the sages whom he should understand less as he heard him longer9' ; and the astronomer, learned, benevolent, gifted with knowledge and many virtues, is one... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1891 - 284 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...departed with the air of a man that had co-operated 5 with the present system. CHAPTER XXIII. THE PRINCE AND HIS SISTER DIVIDE BETWEEN THEM THE WORK OF... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 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...philosopher, supposing him satisfied, and the rest vanished, rose up and departed with the air of a man that had co-operated with the present system.... | |
 | Wilfrid Ward - 1893 - 356 pages
...disposition and tendency of the present system of things.' The prince soon found that this was one of those sages whom he should understand less as he heard him...silent; and the philosopher, supposing him satisfied, . . . rose up and departed with the air of a man that had co-operated with the present system." To... | |
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