 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1866 - 750 pages
...have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say, though it certainly would be to their credit if I could say it with truth, that he contributed even...man had, like him, the faculty of teaching inferior rnincls the art of thinking. The observations wliicu he made on poetry, on life, and on everything... | |
 | Thomas Ballantyne - 1870 - 256 pages
...education which I -nay be said to have had under Dr Johnson. I do not mean to say that he contributed a single sentiment to them, but he qualified my mind...faculty of teaching inferior minds the art of thinking. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. IN the breakfast conversation my father spoke of the rarity of meeting with young... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1872 - 740 pages
...have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say, though it certainly would be to their credit if I could say it with truth, that he contributed even...faculty of teaching inferior minds the art of thinking. The observations which he made on poetry, on life, and on everything about us, I applied to our art."... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1876 - 938 pages
...great measure to the education which I may be said to have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say he contributed even a single sentiment to them, but he qualified my mind to think justly.' Sir Joshua died 23rd Feb., 1792, not forgetting to give Mr. Burke a strong proof of his liberal and... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1876 - 934 pages
...great measure to the education which I may be said to have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say he contributed even a single sentiment to them, but he qualified my mind to think justly.' Sir Joshua died 23rd Feb., 1792, not forgetting to give Mr. Burke a strong proof of his liberal and... | |
 | 1879 - 238 pages
...education which I may be said to have had under Dr Johnson. I do not mean to say that he contributed a single sentiment to them, but he qualified my mind to think justly. N« man had, like him, the faculty of teaching inferior minds the art of thinking. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.... | |
 | National Education Association of the United States - 1886 - 570 pages
...education which I may be said to have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say that he contributed a single sentiment to them, but he qualified my mind...faculty of teaching inferior minds the art of thinking." Locke says : "It is thinking that makes what we read ours." The power to think, to observe, analyze,... | |
 | National Educational Association (U.S.) - 1886 - 572 pages
...education which I may be said to have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say that he contributed a single sentiment to them, but he qualified my mind...faculty of teaching inferior minds the art of thinking." Locke says : "It is thinking that makes what we read ours." The power to think, to observe, analyze,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1886 - 360 pages
...Johnson. I do not mean to say, though it certainly would be to the credit of these 'Discourses' if I could say it with truth, that he contributed even...my mind to think justly. No man had, like him, the art of teaching inferior minds the art of thinking. Perhaps other men might have equal knowledge, but... | |
 | 1887 - 454 pages
...education which I may be said to have had under Doctor Johnson. I do not mean to say that he contributed a single sentiment to them, but he qualified my mind...faculty of teaching inferior minds the art of thinking. PRIMARY WRITING.1 BY MARA L. PRATT, MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS. [Owing to misunderstanding on the part of... | |
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Whatever merit these Discourses may have, must be imputed in a great measure to the education which I may be said to have had under Dr. Johnson. I do not mean to say, though it certainly would be to the credit of these Discourses if I could say it with... 
