 | William Thomas Lowndes - English literature - 1858 - 338 pages
...entertaining. The style, indeed, is mere chit-chat. I do not believe that Burnet intentionally lied ; but lie was so much prejudiced, that he took no pains to find...a certain watch ; but will not inquire whether the watcli is right or not.' Roxburghe, Supplement, 711, II. 9s. llindley, pt. i. 381, 11. 16s. Roscoe,... | |
 | Peter Hardeman Burnett - Catholic converts - 1860 - 812 pages
...The style, indeed, is mere chit-chat. I do not believe that Burnet intentionally lied ; but he was so prejudiced, that he took no pains to find out the truth. He was like a man who resolved to regulate his time by a certain wateh ; but will not iflquire whether the wateh is right... | |
 | 1861 - 736 pages
...to be so." Johnson gave as his judgment, " I do not believe that Burnet intentionally lied, but he was so much prejudiced, that he took no pains to find out the truth." The prevalent impression, however, was, and all along has been, that, without mooting the question... | |
 | William Thomas Lowndes - Bibliography, National - 1864 - 872 pages
...style, indeed, 1» mere chit-chat. I do not believe that Bui-net intentionally lind ; but he was во much prejudiced, that he took no pains to find out the truth, tic was like a man who resolves to regulate his time by a certain watch ; but will not inquire whether... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 416 pages
...partisanship. Dr. Johnson, in his blunt way, says, " I do not believe Burnet intentionally lied ; but he was so much prejudiced that he took no pains to find out the truth." On the contrary, Sir James Mackintosh, in the Edinburgh Review, speaks of the Bishop as an honest writer,... | |
 | Howard Malcolm - Religious literature - 1868 - 510 pages
...PROF. SPALDINQ. "The style 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." — DR. JOHNSON, in Boswell's Life. Dr. Samuel Clarke's Essays. " The most serious treatises Dr. C.... | |
 | Howard Malcom - Religious literature - 1868 - 520 pages
...SPAI. DING. ''The style is mere chit-chat. I do not believe that Buraet intentionally lied, but he was so much prejudiced, that he took no pains to find out the truth." — DR. JOHNSON, in Boswell's Life. Dr. Samuel Clarke's Essays. "The most serious treatises Dr. C.... | |
 | William Clark Russell - Authors, English - 1871 - 550 pages
...was so much prejudiced that he took no pains to find out the truth. He is like a man who is resolved to regulate his time by a certain watch, but will not inquire whether the watch be right or not. — Johnson. His personal resentment put him upon writing history. He relates the... | |
 | 1872 - 980 pages
...himself quotes Dr. Johnson to this effect : " I do not believe that Burnet intentionally lied ; but he was so much prejudiced that he took no pains to find...will not inquire whether the watch is right or not." Whereupon Mr. Allibone indulges in this astounding piece of withering sarcasm : " One might imagine... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 pages
...entertaining. The style, indeed, is mere chitchat. I do not believe 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 uiquire whether the watch is right or not.' Though he was not disposed to talk, he was unwilling that... | |
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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... 
