 ... in theology may teach his follies, there can be no religion. The remedy against these evils is to punish the authors; for it is yet allowed that every society may punish, though not prevent, the publication of opinions which that society shall think...  Oriental Herald and Colonial Review - Page 215publié par - 1826Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...reasonable to leave ^ right of printing unrestrained, because writers may be afterwards cenfcwi than h would be to sleep with doors unbolted; because by our laws we tw bang a thief. But whatever were his engagements, civil or dbmestic; poetfy was never long "t of... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...publication of opinions, which that society shall think pernicious ; but this punishment, though it may crush the author, promotes the book ; and it seems...the right of printing unrestrained, because writers rray be afterwards censured, than it would be to sleep with doors unbolted, because by our laws we... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...publication of opinions which that society shall thinlc pernicious. But this punishment, though it may crush the author, promotes the book ; and it seems not more reasonable to leave ih-e right of printing unrestrained because writers may be afterwards censured, than it would be to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 pages
...publication of opinions which that society shall think pernicious ; but this punishment, though it may crush the author, promotes the book ; and it seems...sleep with doors unbolted, because by our laws we can hang a thief. But whatever were his engagements, civil or domestick, poetry was never long out... | |
 | William Belsham - 1806 - 646 pages
...Howards, &c. or else the securing a jury." * " It seems not more reasonable/' says Dr. Johnson, " to lenve the right of printing unrestrained, because writers...to sleep with doors unbolted, because by our laws vve can hang a thief." — Thus, by a dangerous illusion, are wit and metaphor too often by n:en of... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...publication of opinions, which that society shall think pernicious ; but this punishment, though it may crush the author, promotes the book; and it seems...sleep with doors unbolted, because by our laws we can hang a thief. But whatever were his engagements, civil or domestie, poetry was never long out of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...the publication of opinions which that society shall think pernicious; but this punishment, though it may crush the author, promotes the book ; and it seems...sleep with doors unbolted, because by our laws we can hang a thief. But whatever were his engagements, civil or domestic, poetry was never long out of... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...publication of opinions which that society shall thi«k . pernicious ; b«t this punishment, though it may crush the author, promotes the book ; and it seems...afterwards censured, than it would be to sleep with doors uubolted because by our laws we can hang a thief. But, whatever were his engagements, civil or domestic,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 472 pages
...sareastic animosity against the liberty of the press. " It seems not more reasonable, " says Johnson, " to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because...sleep with doors unbolted, because by our laws we can hang a thief." This is servile sophistry ; the author's illustration of a thief maybe turned against... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...the publication of opinions which the society shall think pernicious ; but this punishment, though it may crush the author, promotes the book ; and it seems...sleep with doors unbolted, because by our laws we can hang a thief. But, whatever were his engagements, civil, or domestick, poetry was never long out... | |
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