 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 358 pages
...should have such a desire to look at the backs of books.' Johnson, ever ready for contest, instantly answered, ' Sir, the reason is very plain. Knowledge...know where we can find information upon it. When we enquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do, is to know what books have treated of it This... | |
 | Samuel Warren - Law - 1835 - 580 pages
...SECTION II. HOW TO ACQUIRE A FACILITY OF REFERENCE. " Knowledge is of two kinds," said Dr. Johnson ; " we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." This is especially applicable to the study and practice of the law : for in the vast multiplicity of... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1840 - 360 pages
...should have such a desire to look at the backs of books.' Johnson, ever ready for contest, instantly answered, ' Sir, the reason is very plain. Knowledge...know where we can find information upon it When we enquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do, is to know what books have treated of it This... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1840 - 360 pages
...look at the backs of books.' Johnson, ever ready for contest, instantly answered, ' Sir, the reason u very plain. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject...know where we can find information upon it 'When we enquire mto any subject, the first thing we have to do, is to know what books have treated of it. This... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1847 - 618 pages
...should have such A desire to look at the backs uf books.' Johnson, ever ready for content, instantly answered, * Sir, the reason is very plain. Knowledge...information upon it. When we inquire into any subject, the firnt thing we have to do, is to know wliat books have treated of it. This Princes and kings received... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 326 pages
...Johnson, I am going with your pardon, to accuse myself, for I have the same custom which I perceive yon have. But it seems odd that one should have such a...know where we can find information upon it. When we enquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated of it. This... | |
 | Homeopathy - 1865 - 484 pages
...of God "), he consciously, or unconsciously, works daily toward the ideal type of human existence. " Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where to find information upon it." The physician must not only possess the two kinds of knowledge — he... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1868 - 828 pages
...vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons. Bosweirs Life of Johnson. An. 1763. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves,...or we know where we can find information upon it. ibid. An. 1775. There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is... | |
 | Archibald Brown, Friedrich Carl von Savigny - Contracts - 1872 - 192 pages
...review of Mr. Copinger*s publication better lhan with the apt quotation with which he inaugurates it: 'Knowledge is of two kinds ; we know a subject ourselves,...or we know where we can find information upon it.' " — Law Journal. PRINCIPLES OP EQUITY. Just published, in 8vo. (i872), price l&s., cloth, THE PRINCIPLES... | |
 | William George Robinson - Mortgages - 1873 - 160 pages
...review of Mr. Copinger's publication better than with the apt quotation with which he inaugurates it: 'Knowledge is of two kinds; we know a subject ourselves,...or we know where we can find information upon it.' " — Lout Journal. In 8vo., price $s., cloth, THE LAW OF NEGLIGENCE, Illustrated by the Recent Decisions... | |
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. 
