 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,...  The British Essayists;: Spectator - Sida 45efter Alexander Chalmers - 1808Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 372 sidor
...that they began by their labours to amuse and instruct the world; and by their writings ' to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses;'— to issue from the press those precepts that have Taller b so eminently tertded to eplighten and adorn... | |
 | Alexander Macaulay - 1831 - 640 sidor
...of one of those delightful essays, (Spectator, 289.) by which he brought philosophy out of closeta and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs...and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffeehouses. With his usual felicity and genuine English style, he says, " A bill of mortality is, in my opinion,... | |
 | 1832 - 858 sidor
...kind of which the subjects were literature, morality, and familiar life, and the object " to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea tables, and in coffee houses." The Tattler was sold at a penny a number, and notwithstanding its... | |
 | 1835 - 492 sidor
...by fictions running parallel with the political newspaper. Addison announces the design " to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries. schools and...and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses." In the character of his fictitious friend the clergyman, he speaks of " the great use this paper might... | |
 | 1836 - 932 sidor
...men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me that I have brought philosophv out of clos-jts and libraries, schools, and colleges, to dwell in...would earnestly advise them, for their good, to order thi's paper to be punctually served up, and to be looked upon as a part of the tea-equipage. Sir Francis... | |
 | 1836 - 300 sidor
...by fictions running parallel with the political newspaper. Addison announces the design " to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...assemblies, at tea-tables and in' coffee-houses." In the character of his fictitious friend the clergyman, he speaks of " the great use this paper might... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1836 - 296 sidor
...by fictions running parallel with the political newspaper. Addison announces the design " to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables aud in coffee-houses." In the character of his fictitious friend the clergyman, he speaks of " the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 sidor
...to inhabit among men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me that I have brought philosophv out of closets and libraries, schools, and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assem* blies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses. I would, therefore, in a very particular manner,... | |
 | 1838 - 604 sidor
...form, by fictions running parallel with the political newspaper. Addison announces the design "to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses." In the character of his fictitious friend the clergyman, he speaks of " the great use this paper might... | |
 | Henry Malden - 1838 - 528 sidor
...by fictions running parallel with the political newspaper. Addison announces the design " to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses." In the character of his fictitious friend the clergyman, he speaks of " the great use this paper might... | |
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