 There are many things delivered rhetorically, many expressions therein merely tropical, and as they best illustrate my intention ; and therefore also there are many things to be taken in a soft and flexible sense, and not to be called unto the rigid test...  The Works of Samuel Johnson - 276. oldalszerző: Samuel Johnson - 1810Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 400 oldal
...de" livered rhetorically, many expressions merely " tropical, and therefore many things to be ta" ken in a soft and flexible sense, and not to be " called...expression : " I -could be content {says he) to be nothing al" most to eternity, if I might enjoy my Saviour " at the last." He has little acquaintance with the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 548 oldal
...secnre himself from rigorons examination, by alledging, that "many things are delivered rhetorically, many expressions merely tropical, and therefore many...in. a soft and flexible sense, and not to be called nnt3 the rigid test of reason." The first glance npon his book will indeed discover examples of this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 476 oldal
...secure himself from rigorous examination, .by alleging, that " many things are delivered rhetorically, many expressions merely tropical, and therefore many...rigid test of reason." The first glance upon his book wifl indeed discover examples of this liberty of thought and expression : " I could be content, (says... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 540 oldal
...secure himself from rigorous examination, by alleging, that " many things are delivered rhetorically, many expressions merely tropical, and, therefore,...expression : " I could be content," says he, "to be nothing ulmost to eternity, if I might enjoy my Saviour at the last." He has little acquaintance with the acuteness... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 oldal
...secure himself from rigorous examination, by alleging, that " many things are delivered rhetorically, many expressions merely tropical, and therefore many...examples of this liberty of thought and expression : " 1 could be content (says he) to he nothing almost to eternity, if I might enjoy my Saviour at the... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1831 - 180 oldal
...expressions therein merely tropical, and as they best illustrate my intention ; and therefore also there are many things to be taken in a soft and flexible sense,...and not to be called unto the rigid test of reason. Lastly, all that is contained therein, is in submission unto maturer discernments ; and, as I have... | |
 | 1831 - 370 oldal
...expressions therein merely tropical, and as they best illustrate my intention ; and therefore also there are many things to be taken in a soft and flexible sense,...and not to be called unto the rigid test of reason. Lastly, all that is contained therein, is in submission unto maturer discernments ; and as I have declared,... | |
 | 1848 - 780 oldal
...rhetorically, many expressions therein merely tropical, as they best illustrate my meaning and therefore to be taken in a soft and flexible sense, and not to be called unto the rigid test of reason." The " Letter to a Friend" is a noble offering of personal sympathy and an eloquent illustration of religious... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 oldal
...are delivered rhetorically, many expressions merely tropical, and thurefore many things to be token in a soft and flexible sense, and not to be called...unto the rigid test of reason." The first glance upon this book will indeed discover examples of this liberty of thought and expression : " i could be content... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1836 - 602 oldal
...secure himself from rigorous examination, by alleging, that " many things are delivered rhetorically, many expressions merely tropical, and therefore many...thought and expression : " I could be content (says he6) to be nothing almost to eternity, if I might enjoy my Saviour at the last." He has little acquaintance... | |
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