 Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the Judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly ; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to be bad, must be from reasoning ; must be from your supposing your arguments...  The Table Talk of John Selden - Sida 150efter John Selden - 1818 - 180 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | George Crabbe - 1847 - 618 sidor
...properly.1 BOSWKLI. : ' But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad ? JOHNSON : 'Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge détermines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairlv ; so that your thinking, or what you... | |
 | 1855 - 736 sidor
...Johnson, when asked by Mr. Boswell what he thought of supporting a case he knew to be bad, replied : " Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the...cause to be bad, must be from reasoning, must be from supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive. But, sir, that is not enough. An argument which... | |
 | 1872 - 384 sidor
...siiid that you are to state facts fnirly, so that your thinking, or what you call knowing^ л cause tu be bad, must be from reasoning, must be from your supposing your arguments to be weak ami inconclusive But, sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself may convince... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 sidor
...judge.' BOSWELL : 'But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad?' JOHNSON: n iS J0 i X Gv 5 h N #x 9 ASԩl C 6 y5 "[ + :vq0 ... [ / &S LA agȄ f- ))2 4ɢ e \= Ŷ -Wy `> inconelusive. But, sir, that is not enough. An argument which docs not convince yourself may convince... | |
 | 1921 - 804 sidor
...Samuel Johnson was asked what he thought of supporting a cause which he knew to be bad, he replied : ' ' Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad 'till the Judge determines." Thus he was far more generous than the Utah territorial legislature in 1850, which forbade any counsel... | |
 | James Paterson - 1882 - 546 sidor
...lies to a judge." Boswell. "But what do you think of supporting a cause you know to be bad?" Johnson. "Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the...determines it. I have said that you are to state facts clearly ; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to be bad, must be from reasoning,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 454 sidor
...Judge." BOSWELL. " But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad ? " JOHNSON. " Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the...Judge determines it. I have said that you are to state factsfair ly ; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to be bad, must be from reasoning,... | |
 | Maryland State Bar Association - 1906 - 200 sidor
...to the judge. Boswell : But what do you think of supporting a cause you know to be bad ? Johnson : Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the...cause to be bad must be from reasoning, must be from supposing your argument to be weak or inconclusive. But, sir, that is not enough. An argument that... | |
 | American Bar Association - 1896 - 726 sidor
...particular, what he thought of supporting a cause which one knows to be bad. " Sir," said Dr. Johnson, " You do not know it to be good or bad till the judge...it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly ; sothat your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to be bad must be from reasoning, must be... | |
 | James Paterson - 1896 - 808 sidor
...judge." BonvcU. "But what do you think of supporting a cause you know to he bad ?" Johnson. " Sir, yon do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts clearly; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to be bad, mubt be from reasoning,... | |
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