 | John Earle - English language - 1873 - 736 pages
...culture. It was said of Socrates that he brought philosophy down from heaven to inhabit among men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I...and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea tables and in coffee houses. I would, therefore, in a very particular manner, recommend these my... | |
 | John Bascom - English literature - 1893 - 458 pages
...culture. It was said by Socrates, that he brought philosophy down from Heaven to inhabit among men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I...and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffeehouses." This purpose, thus distinctly announced, was carried forward with great fertility of resources, variety... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 pages
...culture. It was said of Socrates that he brought philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I...and assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses. I would, therefore, in a very particular manner, recommend these my speculations to all well-regulated... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 pages
...down from heaven, to inhabit among men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I hdVe brought philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools...and assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses. I would, therefore, in a very particular manner, recommend these my speculations to all well-regulated... | |
 | Stopford Augustus Brooke - English literature - 1876 - 180 pages
...classes and crept down to the country ; the latter popularized religion. " I have brought," he says, " philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses.' The next important series was Johnson's Rambler (1750-2) and Idler, but in them lightness, the essence... | |
 | R Roach Pittis - 418 pages
...very "streets and drawing rooms" of the London of Queen Anne. Addison brought, as he himself said, " Philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea tables and in coffee houses." But outside of the Tatler and the Spectator we had the robust wit... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1878 - 138 pages
...spread itself in width. Addison expresses the aim of this popular philosophy. ' It was said of Socrates that he brought philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit...to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and coffee-houses. I would therefore in a very particular manner recommend my speculations to all well-regulated... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1878 - 518 pages
...beffere *) It was said of Socrates that he brought philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit among men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me that I...and assemblies, at teatables and in coffee-houses. I would therefore in a very particular manner recommend those my speculations to all well regulated... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1883 - 860 pages
...papers, appearing at stated intervale, and sold at a cheap rate. The object of the writers was ' to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...dwell in clubs, and assemblies, at tea-tables and at coffee-houses.' The Spectator was planned by Addison in concert with Sir Richard Steele, and its... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English literature - 1880 - 182 pages
...reason : "It was said of Socrates that he brought Philosophy down from heaven to inhabit among men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I...assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses". His essays are, directly or indirectly, moral — rules of propriety, precepts on when to speak, when... | |
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It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven to inhabit among Men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies,... 
