 | Soame Jenyns - Good and evil - 1758 - 372 pages
...all animals, whofe individuals rife little above the reft of their es, knowledge is inftindive ; in whofe individuals are fo widely different, it is acquired...Labourer, the Philofopher and the Peafant, are in fome nteafure fitted for their refpeftive fituatlons. The fame parental care extends toev"fery: patt-v vf... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 428 pages
...Animals, * whofe Individuals rife little above the Reft of their * .Species, Knowledge is inftin&ive ; in Man, whofe * Individuals are fo widely different,...the Peafant, are in * fome Meafure fitted for their refpe&ive Situations.' Much of thefe Petitions' is perhaps true, and the whole Paragraph might .well... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 392 pages
...Animals, * whofe Individuals rife little above the Reft of their ' Species, Knowledge is inftindtive ; in Man, whofe * Individuals are fo widely different,...by ' Education ; by which Means the Prince and the f Labourer, the Philofopher and the Peafant, are in ' fome Meafure fitted for their refpeftive Situations.'... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 550 pages
...fpecies, knowledge is inftinctive ; in man, whofe " individuals are fo widely different, it is acquired fc by education ; by which means the prince and " the...the peafant, are " in fome meafure fitted for their refpechve fituar " tions." Much of thefe pofitions is perhaps true, and thp whole paragraph might well... | |
 | Joseph Addison - Anecdotes - 1797 - 610 pages
...all animals, whofe individuals rife little above the reft of their fpecies, knowledge is inftinftive; in man, whofe individuals are fo widely different,...the peafant, are in fome meafure fitted for their refpeftive fituations. The fame parental care extends to every part of the animal creation. Brutes... | |
 | Mr. Addison - Anecdotes - 1797 - 642 pages
...all animals, whofe individuals rife little above the reft of their fpecies, knowledge is inftinftive; in man, whofe individuals are fo widely different,...the peafant, are in fome meafure fitted for their refpeftive fituations. The fame parental care extends to every part of the animal creation. Brutes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 432 pages
...animals, whofe individuals rife little " above the reft of their fpecies, knowledge is in" ftinctive; in man, whofe individuals are fo widely " different,...the peafant, are in fome meafure fitted for their " refpe&ive fituations." Much of thefe pofitions is perhaps true, and the whole paragraph might well... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 424 pages
..." above the reft of their fpecies, knowledge is in,f * ftinctive ; in man, whole individuals are io widely " different, it is acquired by education ;...labourer, the philofopher " and the peafant, are in fome meafvjre fitted for their " refpective fituations." Much of thefe pofitions is perhaps true, and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 424 pages
...little " above the rest of their species, knowledge is in" stinctive ; in man, whose individuals are so widely " different, it is acquired by education ; by which " means the prince and the labourer, the philoso" pher and the peasant, are in some measure fitted " for their respective situations." Much... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...little " above the rest of their species, knowledge is in" stinctive ; in man, whose individuals are so widely " different, it is acquired by education ; by which " means the prince and the labourer, the philoso" pher and the peasant, are in some measure fitted " for their respective situations." Much... | |
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I have ever thought it a most remarkable instance of the divine wisdom, that whereas in all animals, whose individuals rise little above the rest of their species, knowledge is instinctive; in man, whose individuals are so widely different, it is acquired... 
