 | Charles Whibley - 1917 - 626 페이지
...rather from want of judgment or personal vanity than from any love of falsehood. Johnson says ' he was so much prejudiced that he took no pains to find out the truth,' and compares him most wittily to ' a man who resolves to regulate his time by a certain watch, but... | |
 | Oregon Historical Society - 1904 - 446 페이지
...Hinmaifs letter December 4. it was easy to see that the latter day was Saturday. But the historian "was so much prejudiced that he took no' pains to find out the truth. ' ' It seems that a public meeting was held in Oregon on the 18th of February, 1841, at which a committee... | |
 | Michael Korda - 2004 - 216 페이지
...and a passion Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away. —ISAAC WATTS, 1674-1748 He was like a man who resolves to regulate his time...will not inquire whether the watch is right or not. — SAMUEL JOHNSON, 1708-1784 Contents 1. The Gift of Time 1 2. The Marketplace 35 3. Choosing What... | |
 | David Womersley, Paddy Bullard, Abigail Williams - 2005 - 388 페이지
...April 1773; see their conversation of 8 April: "I do not believe that Burnet intentionally lyed; but he was so much prejudiced, that he took no pains to find out the truth," ibid. 2: 213. 79. Dalrymple, Memoirs, 1: "preface," v. 80. See Dalrymple's (somehow) Pittite defense... | |
 | T. E. S. Clarke, Helen Charlotte Foxcroft - 1907 - 644 페이지
...I. xxxiii.; cf. vol. IV. p. I, ed. 1836. sagacious critic, " that Burnet intentionally lied ; but he "was so much prejudiced that he took no pains to find...regulate "his time by a certain watch; but will not enquire whether " the watch is right or wrong1." The capital instance of this prejudice is Burnet's... | |
 | Oregon Historical Society - 1904 - 438 페이지
...IIinmau's letter December 4, it was easy to see that the latter day was Saturday. But the historian "was so much prejudiced that he took no pains to find out the truth." It seems that a public meeting was held in Oregon on the 18th of February. 1841, at which a committee... | |
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History of his Own Times,' is very entertaining. The style, indeed, is mere chit-chat. I do not believe that Burnet intentionally lied ; but he was so much prejudiced, that he took no pains to find out the truth. He was like a man who resolves to regulate... 
