 Why, Sir, that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use ; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors.' He then called to the boy,...  Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal - Σελίδα 4441899Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | John Matthews Manly - 1909 - 578 σελίδες
...that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1910 - 602 σελίδες
...may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use ; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the...lad, to know about the Argonauts ? " " Sir, (said the boy,j I would give what I have." Johnson was much pleased wi*h his answer, and we gave him a double... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 σελίδες
...may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use ; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the...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... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 944 σελίδες
...that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the...the boy, "What would you give, my lad, to know about [1700 the Argonauts?" "Sir (said the boy), I would give what I have." Johnson was much pleased with... | |
 | James Boswell - 1923 - 372 σελίδες
...may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use ; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning as if he could sing the song...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... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 924 σελίδες
...that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the...the Argonauts?" "Sir," said the boy, "I would give what I HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, JOURNALS have." Johnson was much pleased with his answer, and we 1763 gave... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 928 σελίδες
...that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the...the Argonauts?" "Sir," said the boy, "I would give what I have." Johnson was much pleased with his answer, and we 1763 gave him a double fare. Dr. Johnson... | |
 | 1914 - 578 σελίδες
...learning. Johnson conceded that in some cases this might be true — "for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the...were the first sailors." He then called to the boy, says Boswell, "What would you give, my lad, to 13 know about the Argonauts?" and the boy answered,... | |
 | 1912 - 476 σελίδες
...learning. Johnson conceded that in some cases this might be true — "for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the...were the first sailors". He then called to the boy, says Boswell "What would you give, my lad, to know about the Argonauts?" and the boy answered, "Sir,... | |
 | Alvin B. Kernan - 1989 - 384 σελίδες
...Greenwich, Johnson remarked that the boy who rowed them could do so just as well without being able to read "the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors." But when he amused himself by asking the boy, "What would you give, my lad, to know about the Argonauts?"... | |
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