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
| James Boswell - 1917 - 612 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: — BUKNEY. 'How does poor Smart do, Sir; is he likely to recover ?' JOHNSON. 'It seems as if his mind... | |
| charles grosvenor osgood - 1917 - 606 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,...another time, the following conversation with Dr. Burney:—BURNEY. 'How does poor Smart do, Sir; is he likely to recover?' JOHNSON. 'It seems as if... | |
| Iolo Aneurin Williams - 1922 - 184 페이지
...his knees and saying his prayers in the street, or any other unusual place. Now although, rationally, it is greater madness not to pray at all than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid that there are so many who do not pray that their understanding is not called in question." Boswell... | |
| James Boswell - 1923 - 372 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: BUHNEY. "How does poor Smart do, Sir; is he likely to recover?" JOHNSON. "It seems as if his mind had... | |
| 1864 - 626 페이지
...showed the disturbance of his mind by falling on his knees and praying in the street, or any other unusual place. Now, although rationally speaking,...than to pray as Smart did ; I am afraid there are many who do not pray, and yet their understanding is not called in question." The incipient stage of... | |
| William Clyde DeVane - 1927 - 342 페이지
...to the Supreme Being, On Recovery from a dangerous Fit of Iilness, in Poemi, 1791, I, 52-62. usual place. Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater...not pray, that their understanding is not called in question.'10 Another time Johnson spoke with Burney concerning Smart : BURNEY. 'How does poor Smart... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1829 - 584 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,...pray at all than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid that there are so many who do not pray, that their understanding is not called in question." " * Speech... | |
| C. S. Lewis - 1990 - 356 페이지
...habit of suddenly kneeling down to pray in the street or wherever he happened to be. Johnson adds that 'rationally speaking it is greater madness not to pray at all than to pray as Smart did', but it does not discover itself as madness because it involves no deviation from the modes of the world,... | |
| Joseph C. McLelland, Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion - 1988 - 385 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,...not pray, that their understanding is not called in Question.20 The Age of Reason was more complex than that title suggests. Perhaps Voltaire (1694-1778)... | |
| Laurance Wieder - 1999 - 338 페이지
...disturbance of his mind, by falling on his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness not to INTRODUCTION pray at all, than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid there are so many who do not pray,... | |
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