| Samuel Johnson - Anecdotes - 1798 - 464 pages
...army, and an orator after having made an eloquent fpcech in a great aflembly, Johnfon faid, " Sir, that all who are happy are equally happy, is not true. A peafant and a philofopher may be equally /atisjied, but not equally happy. Happinefs confifts in the... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...victorious army, and an orator, after having made an eloquent speech in a great assembly. JOHNSON. "Sir, that all who are happy, are equally happy, is not...capacity for having equal happiness with a philosopher." I remember this very question very happily illustrated in opposition to Hume, by the Reverend Mr. Robert... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...victorious army, and an orator, after having made an eloquent speech in a great assembly. JOHNSON. " Sir, that all who are happy, are equally happy, is not...capacity for having equal happiness with a philosopher." I remember this very question very happily illustrated in opposition to Hume, by the Reverend Mr. Robert... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 pages
...army, and an orator after having made an eloquent speech in a great assembly, Johnson said, '' Sir, that all who are happy are equally happy, is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satfcfied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness.... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...who are huppy, are equally happy, is not trues A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisßed, but not equally happy, Happiness consists in the multiplicity...capacity for having equal happiness with a philosopher." I remember this very question very happily illustrated in opposition to Hume, by the Reverend Mr. Robert... | |
| John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...army, and an orator after having made an eloquent speech in a great assembly, Johnson said, " Sir, that all who are happy are equally happy, is not true....capacity for having equal happiness with a philosopher." This very question was once happily illustrated in opposition to Hume by the Reverend Mr. Robert Brown,... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 372 pages
...victorious army, and an orator, after having made an eloquent speech in a great assembly. JOHNSON. " Sir, that all who are happy are equally happy, is not true....Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousuess. A peasant has not capacity for having equal happiness with a philosopher." Thil question... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 384 pages
...victorious army, and an orator, after having made an elo. quent speech in a great assembly. JOHNSON. " Sir, that all who are happy are equally happy, is not true....philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. H_a£ptaras^ consists \D^]^. multiplicity of agreeable consciousness. A peasant has not capacity for... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 382 pages
...victorious army, and an orator, after having made an elo. quent speech in a great assembly. JOHNSON. " Sir, that all who are happy are equally happy, is not true....philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally huppy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousuess. A peasant has not capacity... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 372 pages
...victorious army, and an orator, after having made an elo. quent speech in a great assembly. JOHNSON. " Sir, that all who are happy are equally happy, is not true....capacity for having equal happiness with a philosopher," This qnestion was very happily illustrated by the Rev. Mr. Robert Brown, at Utrecht : " A small drinking... | |
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