 | Thomas Budd Shaw - American literature - 1866 - 484 pages
...down from heaven to inhabit among men. I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-- houses." Accustomed as we now are to a much more refined and intellectual tone of social... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - English newspapers - 1867 - 442 pages
...was the "Tatler," projected and originated by Sir Richard Steele. The aim and object of the Essayists was " to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries,...to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses," as we are told by Addison. In the words of Johnson, always just, clear, and comprehensive,... | |
 | Missions - 1871 - 792 pages
...to Steele and Addison, in the "Tattler" and " Spectator," the avowed object of the latter being, " to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries,...to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at teatables, and in coffee-houses." Issued frequently, and written with a purity and elegance to which the public had... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1871 - 130 pages
...down from heaven, to inhabit among men. I shall be ambitious to have it said of me that I have brought philosophy out of closets' and libraries, schools...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 - 1871 - 564 pages
...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...to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses. I would therefore, in a very particular Banner, recommend these my speculations to... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 pages
...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...to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses. I would therefore, in a very particular manner, recommend these my speculations to... | |
 | John Earle - English language - 1871 - 644 pages
...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, at tea tables, and in coffee houses. ' I would, therefore, in a very particular manner, recommend these... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1872 - 776 pages
...which were overlooked by graver writers and more bulky theorists, or, in the language of Addison, ' to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries,...to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses.' " • This great and important work of public improvement — moral and intellectual,... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1873 - 622 pages
...heaven to inhabit among men ; and I should be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses. ' * By turning to fresh intellectual fields the minds of the upper classes — the... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1873 - 590 pages
...heaven to inhabit among men ; and I should be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses. ' 1 By turning to fresh intellectual fields the minds of the upper classes — the... | |
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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,... 
