 | James Boswell - 1835 - 374 pages
...instantly started from his reverie, wheeled about and answered, " Sir, the reason is very plain. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. When we inquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 pages
...instantly started from his reverie, wheeled about and answered, " Sir, the reason is very plain. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. When we inquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 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... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 pages
...desire to look at the backs of books." " Sir," replied Johnson, "the reason is very plain. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. When we inquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1840 - 360 pages
...books.' Johnson, ever ready for contest, instantly answered, ' Sir, the reason is very plain. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we 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... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 pages
...desire to look at the backs of books." " Sir," replied Johnson, " the reason is very plain. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. When we inquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 pages
...desire to look at the backs of books." " Sir," replied Johnson, " the reason is very plain. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. When we inquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1847 - 618 pages
...books.' Johnson, ever ready for content, instantly answered, * Sir, the reason is very plain. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. When we inquire into any subject, the firnt thing we have to do, is to know wliat books have treated... | |
 | 1865 - 484 pages
...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 - 1868 - 828 pages
...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... | |
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. 
