...They both had a contempt for Voltaire and Rousseau. "Rousseau, sir, is a very bad man," said Johnson. "I would sooner sign a sentence for his transportation..."Sir, do you think him as bad a man as Voltaire?" "Why, sir, it is difficult to settle the proportion of iniquity between them." Wesley says with equal...

...Rousseau, Sir, is a very bad man. I would sooner 45 sign a 46 sentence for [his] transportation* 1 than that of any felon** who has gone from the Old Bailey these many years. 49 Yes, I should like to have him work in s ° the plantations." — Boswell: "Sir, do you think 51...

...who bitterly attacked Rousseau; then Johnson, who "would sooner sign a sentence for his (Rousseau's) transportation, than that of any felon who has gone from the Old Bailey these many years"; and finally Tom Moore, who poured out "several pages of octosyllabic disgust at the sensuality of the...

...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...to settle the proportion of iniquity between them." Another evening Dr. Goldsmith and I called on him, with the hope of prevailing on him to sup with I1S...

...subject. Rousseau was " one of the worst of men ; a rascal who ought to be hunted out of society. ... I would sooner sign a sentence for his transportation...who has gone from the Old Bailey these many years." Johnson did not believe for a moment in the doctrine of the equality of men, and reflected the opinion...

...bourgeois is seen by the following conversation: Doctor Johnson : Rousseau, Sir, is a very bad man. I should like to have him work in the plantations....difficult to settle the proportion of iniquity between them.2 The opening passages of the Confessions are the manifesto of individualism triumphant, already...

...than DG Ritchie's book on Natural Rights. Sir, I would sooner sign a sentence for his [Rousseau's] transportation than that of any felon who has gone from the Old Bailey these many years. Yes, I would like to see him work at the plantations. — Dr. Johnson. Man cannot enjoy the rights of an uncivil...

...had a part to act in society, and their business was to fulfil their allotted station. Rousseau was a very bad man: "I would sooner sign a sentence for his transportation than that of any fellow who has gone from the Old Bailey these many years." Political liberty was worthless; the only...

...came to England, he was already notorious there. Hume gave him shelter. Dr. Johnson said of him, "Sir, I would sooner sign a sentence for his transportation...gone from the Old Bailey these many years. Yes, I would like to see him work at the plantations." Garrick, and many others, had dealings with him. education...

...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...to settle the proportion of iniquity between them." -^ On his favourite subject of subordination, Johnson / said, "So far is it from being true that men...