 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 944 pages
...of any use; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors."...the boy, "What would you give, my lad, to know about [1700 the Argonauts?" "Sir (said the boy), I would give what I have." Johnson was much pleased with... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 928 pages
...of any use; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors."...have." Johnson was much pleased with his answer, and we 1763 gave him a double fare. Dr. Johnson then turning to me, "Sir," said he, "a desire of knowledge... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 926 pages
...of any use; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors."...Argonauts?" "Sir," said the boy, "I would give what I HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, JOURNALS have." Johnson was much pleased with his answer, and we 1763 gave him... | |
 | Stuart Pratt Sherman - 1928 - 334 pages
...true — "for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors." He then called to the boy, says Boswell, "What would you give, my lad, to know about the Argonauts?" and the boy answered, "Sir,... | |
 | 1914 - 578 pages
...true — "for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors." He then called to the boy, says Boswell, "What would you give, my lad, to 13 know about the Argonauts?" and the boy answered,... | |
 | 1912 - 476 pages
...true — "for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors". He then called to the boy, says Boswell "What would you give, my lad, to know about the Argonauts?" and the boy answered, "Sir,... | |
 | 1899 - 776 pages
...be of any use; for instance, this boy rows as well without learning as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors."...the Argonauts? ' "Sir," said the boy, "I would give all I have." Johnson was much pleased with the answer and gave the boy double fare, and turning to... | |
 | Alvin B. Kernan - 1989 - 384 pages
...song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors." But when he amused himself by asking the boy, "What would you give, my lad, to know about the Argonauts?" the answer, "Sir,... I would give what I have," pleased him so mudi that he gave the boy a double fare... | |
 | Apollonius (Rhodius.) - 1997 - 330 pages
...of any use; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors."...Argonauts?" "Sir, (said the boy) I would give what I have." The boy's words, then and even today, struck an emotional chord that hit me directly and physically,... | |
 | Yi-fu Tuan - 2002 - 246 pages
...sing the song of Orpheus to Argonauts, who were the first sailors." Then he interrupted himself and called to the boy: "What would you give, my lad, to...Argonauts?" "Sir," said the boy, "I would give what I have." A dangerous educational myth in America, convenient to adults who (for one reason or another) wish... | |
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Why, Sir, that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors." He then called to the boy,... 
