 | 1886 - 552 páginas
...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...give what I have.' "Johnson was much pleased with this answer, and we gave him a double fare. "Dr. Johnson then turning to me, 'Sir,' said he, ' a desire... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 356 páginas
...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...would give what I have." Johnson was much pleased pleased with his answer, and we gave him a double fare. Dr. Johnson then turning to me, " Sir (said... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 360 páginas
...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...boy), I would give what I have." Johnson was much 148 pleased with his answer, and we gave him a double fare. Dr. Johnson then turning to me, " Sir (said... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1892 - 220 páginas
...my lad," said Johnson to a boy who was sculling him and Boswell on the Thames, " what would you give to know about the Argonauts ? " " Sir," said the boy, " I would give what I have." Johnson turning to Boswell, "sir," said he, " a desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind ; and... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1892 - 220 páginas
...my lad," said Johnson to a boy who was sculling him and Boswell on the Thames, " what would you give to know about the Argonauts ? " " Sir," said the boy, " I would give what I have." Johnson turning to Boswell, " sir," said he, " a desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind ; and... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1895 - 552 páginas
...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...give what I have.' "Johnson was much pleased with this answer, and we gave him a double fare. " Dr. Johnson then turning to me, ' Sir,' said he, ' a... | |
 | 1911 - 534 páginas
...learning. Johnson conceded that in some cases this might be true — "for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the...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,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - 1899 - 768 páginas
...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...would give what I have." Johnson was much pleased with this answer, and we gave him a double fare. Dr. Johnson, then turning to me, " Sir," he said, " a desire... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 páginas
...may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use ; for instance, this boy rows us on, without thought or care. A few men are sufficient...lived to read what Sir John Hawkins and Mrs. Piozzi 1 ' 'Sir, (said the boy,) I would give what I have.' Johnson was much pleased with his answer, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1910 - 602 páginas
...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...lad, to know about the Argonauts ? " " Sir, (said the boy,j I would give what I have." Johnson was much pleased wi*h his answer, and we gave him a double... | |
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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,... 
