 | James Boswell - 1791 - 608 pages
...be guilty of any crime if he were inclined to it." * " Many things which are falfe are tranfmitted from book to book, and gain credit in the world. One of thefe is the cry againft the evil of luxury. Now the truth is, that luxury produces much good. Take... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Anecdotes - 1798 - 464 pages
...tranfmitted from book to book, and gain credit in the worldt One of thefe is the ery againft the evil Pf - . of luxury. Now the truth is, that luxury produces much good. Take the luxury of build^ ings in London. Does it not produce real advantages in the conveniency and elegance of accommodation,... | |
 | Biography - 1799 - 614 pages
...25 J MR. SHERIDAN. IT has been justly remarked by Dr. Johnson that, " many things, which are false, are transmitted from book to book, and gain credit in the •world." This observation may be applied to the different memoirs of Mr. Sheridan, which have been published.... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 526 pages
...the infidel would be guilty of any crime if he were inclined to it." " Many things which are false are transmitted from book to book, and gain credit...London. Does it not produce real advantage in the convenjency and elegance of accommodation, and this all from the exertion of industry ? People will... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 pages
...Brown's, ' Do the devils lie? No; for then Hell could not subsist.'" " Many things which are false are transmitted from book to book, and gain credit...luxury of buildings in London. Does it not produce real advantages in the conveniency and elegance of accommodation, and this all from the exertion of industry... | |
 | Wakefield, Edward - Ireland - 1812 - 810 pages
...Johnson, vol. ii. p. 219. On another occasion, this great man said: " Many things which are false, are transmitted from Book to book, and gain credit...that luxury produces much good. Take the luxury of the buildings in London ; does it not produce real advantage hi the conveniency and elegance of accommodation,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pages
...were inclined to it." " Many things which are false are transmitted from book to book, and gain creHit in the world. One of these is the cry against the...buildings in London. Does it not produce real advantage ID the convenis-nry and elegance of accommodation, and this all from the exertion of industry ? People... | |
 | John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...Brown's, ' Do the devils lie? No ; for then Hell could not subsist.' " " Many things which are false are transmitted from book to book, and gain credit...luxury of buildings in London. Does it not produce real advantages in the conveniency and elegance of accommodation, and this all from the exertion of industry... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 550 pages
...the infidel wouíd be guilty of any crime if he were inclined to it." " Many things which are false are transmitted from book to book, and gain credit...industry ? People will tell you, with a melancholy fuce^ how many builders are in gaol. It is plain they are in gaol, not for building ; for rents are... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 372 pages
...have had a better dinner had there been a synod of cooks.' " He said, " Many things which are false are transmitted from book to book, and gain credit...all from the exertion of industry ? People will tell yon, with a melancholy face, how many builflers are in gaol. It is plain they are in gaol, not for... | |
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Many things which are false are transmitted from book to book, and gain credit in the world. One of these is the cry against the evil of luxury. Now the truth is, that luxury produces much good. Take the luxury of buildings in London. 
