 | Ruth Van Saun - 1920 - 548 pages
...The better part of us is ever hungry for wisdom, — an instinct which will last as long as man. " Every human being whose mind is not debauched will be willing to give all he has to get wisdom, " said Johnson. " The wiser a man is, the more will he be a Worshipper of the... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...candidly impart it; if not, use this with me. HORACE — Epistles. I. 6. 67. M A desire of knowledge is ON— Œnone. L. 2. 21 Pure was the temperate Air,...what the Zephyrs bland Breath'd o'er the blue expans SAMUEL JOHNSON — BosweWs Life of Johnson. Conversation on Saturday, July 30, 1763. Knowledge is of... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 924 pages
...1763 gave him a double fare. Dr. Johnson then turning to me, "Sir," said he, "a desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being,...give all that he has, to get knowledge." . . . We walked in the evening in Greenwich Park. He asked me, I suppose, by way of trying my disposition, "Is... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 928 pages
...1763 gave him a double fare. Dr. Johnson then turning to me, "Sir," said he, "a desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being,...give all that he has, to get knowledge." . . . We walked in the evening in Greenwich- Park. He asked me, I suppose, by way of trying my disposition,... | |
 | 1899 - 740 pages
...the answer and gave the boy double fare, and turning to Boswell said. "Sir, a desire for knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being...mind is not debauched will be willing to give all he has 465 THE LEADING ENGLISH MALTED FOOD COOMBS' Eureka Malted Food FOR INFANTS AND INVALIDS. For... | |
 | Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski - 1996 - 388 pages
...we gave him a double fare. Dr. Johnson then turning to me, "Sir, (said he) a desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being,...willing to give all that he has to get knowledge." (Boswell 1934, pp. 457-8) Those of us with considerable teaching experience may be less optimistic... | |
 | Greg Clingham - 2002 - 238 pages
...Crane (University of Chicago Press, 1957), 179. 16 Johnson told Boswell, "a desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being,...willing to give all that he has to get knowledge"; a statement that was prompted by an interaction they had had with the boy rowing them on the Thames:... | |
 | James A. Arieti, Patrick A. Wilson - 2003 - 356 pages
...we gave him a double fare. Dr. Johnson then turning to me, "Sir, (said he,) a desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being,...willing to give all that he has to get knowledge." — James Boswell, Life of Johnson REASON AND HUMAN NATURE Many qualities of human nature are relevant... | |
 | Carl Edmund Rollyson - 2005 - 321 pages
...we gave him a double fare. Dr. Johnson then turning to me, "Sir, (said he) a desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being,...willing to give all that he has, to get knowledge." [136] We landed at the Old Swan, and walked to Billingsgate, where we took oars and moved smoothly... | |
 | 1904 - 832 pages
...of many wars or curing an epidemic of diphtheria in a poultry yard. ««• A DESIRE of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being,...willing to give all that he has to get knowledge. — SAM'L JOHNSON. 626 THE DIETETIC AND HYGIENIC GAZETTE. 627 REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF... | |
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What would you give, my lad, to know about the Argonauts ? ' 'Sir, (said the boy,) I would give what I have.' Johnson was much pleased with his answer, and we gave him a double fare. Dr. Johnson then turning to me, 
