 And though we do not say these refreshingly one-sided things now, most normal Englishmen and not a few distinguished Frenchmen do in substance agree with Dr. Johnson and think that Rousseau was a bad man who exercised a bad influence, and that it would...  Studies in History and Politics - Page 26by Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher - 1920 - 213 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 442 pages
...were accuftd of adultery during the fpace of 17 years. Ot him, as of Auguftus, fome were fond to fay, that it would have been better for the world if he had never been born, or had never died. See ROME, n° 372. SsrKKVs't Wall-, in Britiih topography, the fourth and lail barrier... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 pages
...accufed of adultery during the fpace of 17 years. Of him, as of Auguftus, fome were difpofed to fay, that it would have been better for the world if he had never been born, or had never died. See ROME, № 372. SEVEHV^S Wall, in Britifti topography, the fourth, and laft barrier... | |
 | James Mitchell - Biography - 1823 - 654 pages
...accused of adultery during the space of seventeen years. Of him, as of Augustus, some were fond to say, that it would have been better for the world if he had never been born, or had never died. SEVERUS, (Alexander Marcus Aureliua) a native of Phoenicia, adopted by Heliogabalus... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 936 pages
...accused of adultery during the space of 1 7 years. Of him, as of Augustus, some were disposed to say, that it would have been better for the world if he had never been born, or had never died. See ROME, № 372. SEI-ERUS'S Wall, in British topography, the fourtli and last... | |
 | John Platts - Biography - 1825 - 702 pages
...accused of adultery during the space of seventeen years. Of him, as of Augustus, some were found to say, that it would have been better for the world if he had never been born, or had never died. PAPINIAN, an eminent advocate. He was prefect under Septimius Severus, who had a... | |
 | John Platts - Biography - 1825 - 706 pages
...accused of adultery during the space of seventeen years. Of him, as of Augustus, some were found to say, that it would have been better for the world if he had never been born, or had never died. PAPINIAN, an eminent advocate. He was prefect under Septimius Severus, who had a... | |
 | Francis Alexander Durivage - Chronology, Historical - 1841 - 794 pages
...severity in an empire whose morals were so corrupt. Of him, as of Augustus, some were found to say, that it would have been better for the world if he had never been born, or had never died. SEVERUS, Alexander Marcus Aurelius, a native of Phoenicia, adopted by Heliogabalus.... | |
 | Children's literature - 1848 - 800 pages
...and was born on the island of Corsica, in 1769, the same year the Duke of Wellington was born in, but it would have been better for the world if he had never been born. He was sent to school to learn to be a soldier, and he soon showed that he had, like the tiger of the... | |
 | 1916 - 438 pages
...VAUGHAN. 2 vols. Cambridge University Press. 1915. THE English opinion of Rousseau, whether as man or publicist, has never been very flattering, and a long...clouds. It is not an uncommon view that his teaching was responsible for some of the worst excesses of the French Revolution, that he represents that dangerous... | |
 | Bernard Shaw - Drama - 1921 - 418 pages
...world will be the richer because he lived. When you die, men will say, "He was a great warrior ; but it would have been better for the world if he had never been born." And of Lua they will say nothing; but when they think of her they will spit. . CAIN. She is a better... | |
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