 | Andrew Lang - 1890 - 330 oldal
...and dwelt with him, as in a college situated in a purer air ; so that his house was a university in a less volume, whither they came not so much for repose...propositions, which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation." The signs of the times grew darker. In 1636 the King and Queen visited Oxford,... | |
 | 1891 - 660 oldal
...dwelt with him, as in a. college situated in a purer air ; that his house was a university bound in a less volume ; whither they came, not so much for repose as study, anil to examine and refine those grosser propositions which laziness and consent made current in vulgar... | |
 | Henry Elliot Shepherd - 1893 - 460 oldal
...and dwelt with him as in a college situated in a purer air; so that his house was a university in a less volume, whither they came not so much for repose...propositions which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation. . . . 5 He was superior to all those passions and affections which attend vulgar... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 624 oldal
...and dwelt with him, as in a college situated in a purer air; so that his house was a university in a less volume ; whither they came not so much for repose...propositions which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation. Many attempts were made upon him by the instigation of his mother (who was a lady... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 628 oldal
...and dwelt with him, as in a college situated in a purer air ; so that his house was a university in a less volume ; whither they came not so much for repose...propositions which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation. Many attempts were made upon him by the instigation of his . mother (who was a... | |
 | Goldwin Smith - 1893 - 118 oldal
...a purer air, so that his was a University bound in a less volume, whither his intellectual friends came not so much for repose as study, and to examine...laziness and consent made current in conversation." This indicates that, while study was going on, liberal inquiry was also on foot. But clouds again gathered,... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 504 oldal
...dwelt with him, as in a college situated in a purer air; so that his house was a university bound in a less volume, whither they came not so much for repose...propositions which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation. The great opinion he had of the uprightness and integrity of those persons who... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1898 - 348 oldal
...to mankind, and of that primitive simplicity & integrity of life." Men came to him by his commerce " to examine and refine those grosser propositions, which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation." — Beautiful delineation of his character (p. 277) : a finer person, as here... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 330 oldal
...and dwelt with him, as in a college situated in a purer air; so that his house was a university in a less volume, whither they came, not so much for repose...propositions which laziness and consent made current in vulgar conversation." I honor that man whose ambition it is, not to win laurels in the state or the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 556 oldal
...so infinite a fancy, bound in by a most logical ratiocination. — His acquaintance was cultivated by the most polite and accurate men, so that his house was a University in less volume, whither they came not so much for repose as study, and to examine and... | |
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... yet such an excessive humility, as if he had known nothing, that they frequently resorted and dwelt with him, as in a college situated in a purer air ; so that his house was a university in a less volume ; whither they came not so much for repose... 
