 Rousseau, Sir, is a very bad man. I would sooner sign a sentence for his transportation, than that of any felon who has gone from the Old Bailey these many years. Yes, I should like to have him work in the plantations'.  The Life of Samuel Johnson - Page 408by James Boswell - 1880Full view - About this book
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 pages
...(Rousseau) one of the worst of men ; a rascal who ought to be hunted out of society, as he has been. ... I would sooner sign a sentence for his transportation,...should like to have him work in the plantations.' "... It seems that in England people do not like philosophical innovators. 1 Life of Johnson, ch. xvii.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 564 pages
...(Rousseau) one of the worst of men ; a rascal who ought to be hunted out of society, as he has been. ... I would sooner sign a sentence for his transportation,...should like to have him work in the plantations.' "... It seems that in England people do not like philosophical innovators. 1 Life of Johnson, ch. xvii.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 586 pages
...(Rousseau) one of the worst of men ; a rascal who ought to be hunted out of society, as he has been. ... 1 would sooner sign a sentence for his transportation,...should like to have him work in the plantations.' "... It seems that in England people do not like philosophical innovators. 1 Life of Johnson, ch. xvii.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 572 pages
...(Rousseau) one of the worst of men ; a rascal who ought to be hunted out of society, aa he has been. ... I would sooner sign a sentence for his transportation,...who has gone from the Old Bailey these many years. Yea, I should like to have him work in the plantations.' " . . . It seems that in England people do... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 pages
...alleged want of intention, when evil is committed, will not be allowed in a court of justice. Rousseau, sir, is a very bad man. I would sooner sign a sentence...is difficult to settle the proportion of iniquity betwcen them.' This violence scemed very strange to me, who had read many of Eousseau's animated writings... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 482 pages
...alleged want of intention, when evil is committed, will not be allowed in a court of justice. Rousseau, Sir, is a very bad man. I would sooner sign a sentence...BOSWELL : " Sir, do you think him as bad a man as 144 VARIOUS TALK. Voltaire ? " — JOHNSON : " Why, Sir, it is difficult to settle the proportion of... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 480 pages
...alleged want of intention, when evil is committed, will not be allowed in a court of justice. Rousseau, Sir, is a very bad man. I would sooner sign a sentence...years. Yes, I should like to have him work in the plantations."—BOSWELL : " Sir, do you think him as bad a man as Voltaire?"—JOHNSON : "Why, Sir,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1874 - 810 pages
...the great prophet of the Revolutionary school. " Rousseau," he said, to Boswell's astonishment, '• is a very bad man. I would sooner sign a sentence...should like to have him work in the plantations." That is a fine specimen of the good Johnsonese prejudices of which we hear so much ; and, of course,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 802 pages
...of the great prophet of the Revolutionary school. " Eousseau," he said to Boswell's astonishment, " is a very bad man. I would sooner sign a sentence...should like to have him work in the plantations." That is a fine specimen of the good Johnsonese prejudices of which we hear so much ; and, of course,... | |
 | 1874 - 844 pages
...of the great prophet of the Revolutionary School. " Rousseau," he said, to Boswell's astonishment, "is a very bad man. I would sooner sign a sentence...should like to have him work in the plantations.'' That is a fine specimen of the good Jobnsonese prejudices of which we hear so much ; and, of course,... | |
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