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" Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. "
The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to the ... - Page 312
by James Boswell - 1835
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A Treatise on Hindu Law and Usage

John Dawson Mayne - Customary law - 1878 - 680 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.' " Mr. Copinger has not only designed an Index which cannot fail to be of practical use, but has successfully...
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Hand-book of Punctuation: With Instructions for Capitalization, Letter ...

William Johnson Cocker - English language - 1878 - 156 pages
...end of a syllable, and the parts should be connected by a hyphen, at the end of the line. EXAMPLE. " Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves,...or we know where we can find information upon it." — Dr. Johnson, REMARKS. 1. It is better to divide a word as near the middle as possible. 2. When...
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The Married Women's Property Acts: Their Relations to the Doctrine of ...

John Richard Griffith - Husband and wife - 1878 - 166 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.' " Mr. Copinger has not only designed an Index which cannot fail to be of practical use, but has successfully...
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American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-made Men ..., Volume 2

Michigan - 1878 - 624 pages
...thousand being legal works, and the others of a miscellaneous character. "Knowledge," says a noted writer, "is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." Judge Baldwin has both these; for every tome in this treasury of wisdom has been subjected either to...
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Samuel Johnson

Sir Leslie Stephen - 1878 - 226 pages
...such a desire to look at the backs of books." " Sir," replied Johnson, wheeling about at the words, " the reason is very plain. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where wo can find information upon it. When we inquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is...
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A Compendium of Roman Law: Founded on the Institutes of Justinian, Together ...

Gordon Campbell - Admission to the bar - 1878 - 340 pages
...work designed by cornpublication 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 lind information upon it.* Mr. Copinger has not only designed an Index which cannot fail to be of practical...
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The Taxation of Costs in the Crown Office: Comprising a Collection of Bills ...

Frederick Hugh Short - Costs (Law) - 1879 - 228 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.' " Mr. Copinger has not only designed an Index which cannot fail to be of practical use, but has successfully...
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The Nation, Volumes 1-30

1880 - 68 pages
...Bookstore GENERAL INDEX TO THE NATION VOLUMES I.— XXX. JULY, 1865— SEPTEMBER, 1880. Knowledge fa of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. —DR. JOHNsON. BOSTON : FRANKLIN PRESS: RAND, AVERT, & COMPANY. 1880. fF" 07/ v. O 564234 to INDEX....
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The Choice of Books

Charles Francis Richardson - Books and reading - 1881 - 104 pages
...pardon, to accuse myself, for I have the same custom which I perceive you have. But it seems odd that we should have such a desire to look at the backs of...inquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do ig to know what books have treated of it. This leads us to look at catalogues, and the backs of hooks...
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The Cyclopędia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin, with an Appendix ...

Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - Quotations, English - 1882 - 914 pages
...knowledge. q. S.»M'L JOHNSON — Boswell's Life of Johnson. Conversation on Saturday, July 30. 1763. l Than not be noble. c. TENNYSON — The Princess. Ft. П. r. SAM'L JOHNSON— BoswelCs Life of Johnson. An. 177G. That fellow seems to me to possess but one...
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