Madness frequently discovers itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Smart showed the disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place.... Johnsoniana.. - 40 페이지저자: James Boswell - 1820 - 178 페이지전체보기 - 도서 정보
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1889 - 394 페이지
...the disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street. . . . Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness...that their understanding is not called in question.' Some traces of Smart's excited spirit are visible in ccin : — far more in cciv, which may be described... | |
| 1891 - 884 페이지
...his insanity by saying his prayers in tho street. "Although rationally speaking," said Dr. Johnson, " it is greater madness not to pray at all than to pray...that their understanding is not called in question." On another occasion, Johnson said : " I did not think he ought to be shut up. His infirmities were... | |
| James Boswell - 1900 - 638 페이지
...disturbance of his mind by falling upon his knees and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking,...time, the following conversation with Dr. Burney. JOHNSON : " It seems as if his mind had ceased to struggle with the disease ; for he grows fat upon... | |
| James Boswell - 1900 - 928 페이지
...disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other 900 BURNET : " How does poor Smart do, Sir: is he likely to recover?" — JOHNSON: " It seems as if his... | |
| Charles Wells Moulton - 1902 - 810 페이지
...disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking,...do not pray, that their understanding is not called wreck of his earlier self.— SECCO JIBE, THOMAS, 1897, Dictionary of National Biography, vol. LII,... | |
| John Forster - 1903 - 482 페이지
...disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking,...that their understanding is not called in question." " I did not think," he remarked to Burney, " he ought to be shut up. His infirmities were not noxious... | |
| Bibliographical Society (Great Britain) - 1903 - 346 페이지
...disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking,...that their understanding is not called in question." * Samuel Arnold, Mus.D. (Oxford), b. 1740, d. 180*. 300 THE WRITINGS OF CHRISTOPHER SMART, Concerning... | |
| James Boswell - 1907 - 628 페이지
...disturbance of his mind by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking,...time, the following conversation with Dr. Burney. — BURNEV : " How does poor Smart do, Sir ; is he likely to recover ? " JOHNSON : " It seems as if... | |
| James Boswell - 1907 - 712 페이지
...upj)^saying nis prayers in the street, or in any other Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater not to pray at all, than to pray as Smart did, I am fraid there are so many who do not pray, that their understanding is not called in question." Concerning... | |
| Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 924 페이지
...of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in bs° any other — [360 BURNEY. "How does poor Smart do, Sir; is he likely to recover?" JOHNSON. "It seems as & his... | |
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