 | Octavius Francis Christie - 1924 - 296 стор.
...not attack riches and the pursuit of riches as bad in themselves. " There are few ways," he said, " in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money." 3 He would probably have agreed * with Addison tnlrf it was perilous for a trader to break away from... | |
 | Logan Pearsall Smith - 1928 - 280 стор.
...and the company below your ambition Emerson^ J^ X, 51. MONEY MONEY makes a man laugh. Selden, 100. THERE are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money. Dr. Johnson, B, II, 323. GENERALLY Money lies nearest them that are nearest their Graves. Wm. Penn,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1928 - 364 стор.
...Hyp. 57. Cf. Life of ]., 2. 369: Mr. Strahan put Johnson in mind of a remark which he had made to himj "There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money." See also Johnson's comment on Garrick (ibid., 3. 8 1 ) : "I am of opinion, the reputation of avarice... | |
 | Gamaliel Bradford - 1928 - 336 стор.
...importance everywhere. The saints and sages quarrel with it and scourge it. To be sure, Dr. Johnson said, 'There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.' 4 But in general the saints and sages do not agree with this view. They point out the insidious, corrupting... | |
 | Christopher Hollis - 1928 - 240 стор.
...saying of Johnson is a temptation to discursive essay. " There are," he told Strahan, the publisher, " few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money." It was characteristic of Johnson to hate the cant of the simple life. He knew that the good things... | |
 | James Boswell - 1928 - 368 стор.
...love of money 12 Originally, man; corrected by a note at the end of Hyf. 57. Cf. Life of J., a. 369: Mr. Strahan put Johnson in mind of a remark which he had made to him1 "There «re few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money." See... | |
 | Richard Harvey Brown - 1987 - 268 стор.
...avarice became acumen; sloth, leisure; and pride, ambition: so much so that Samuel Johnson could say. "There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money. A religious vocabulary of passions had been replaced by a commercial vocabulary of interests. A similar... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 стор.
...is like muck, not good except it be spread. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, essayist There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money. Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English author, lexicographer Men who make money rarely saunter; men... | |
 | Jonathan P. Parry - 1989 - 290 стор.
...conducting affairs than 'passions' of a more bellicose nature. With Dr Johnson's pronouncement that 'there are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money', it becomes a positively harmless pastime. Indeed, as the most dogged and persistent of passions, it... | |
 | Deirdre N. McCloskey - 1990 - 208 стор.
...greed. Again: The morality of the almighty dollar is not the worst of moralities. Dr. Johnson said, "There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently...of this, [said Strahan] the juster it will appear" (Boswell 1949 [1791], 532; 27 March 1775). So it has appeared in the long conversation after 1775.... | |
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There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money. 
