...Socrates was said to have brought philosophy ^down from heaven to inhabit among men : ' And I,' says he, ' shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have...assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses.' But this purpose has in some measure been defeated by its success ; and we have been driven from one...

...Socrates was said to have brought philosophy down from heaven to inhabit among men : " And I," says he, " shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have...dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables, and coffee-houses." But this purpose has in some measure been defeated by its success ; and we have been...

...culture. It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I...and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at teatable, and in coffee-houses. I would therefore in a very particular manner recommendthese my speculations...

...that they began by their labours to amuse and instruct the world; and by their writings ' to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses;'— to issue from the press those precepts that have Taller b so eminently tertded to eplighten and adorn...

...culture. It was said of Socrates, that he brought philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men: and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I...and assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffeehouses. I would, therefore, in a very particular manner, recommend these my speculations to all well-regulated...

...will be remembered as long as the English language endure*. The object of these writers was " to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...to dwell in clubs and assemblies^ at tea-tables and at coffee-houses." They aimed at refining the mass of idle and ignorant people who then constituted...

...kind of which the subjects were literature, morality, and familiar life, and the object " to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea tables, and in coffee houses." The Tattler was sold at a penny a number, and notwithstanding its...

...by fictions running parallel with the political newspaper. Addison announces the design " to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries. schools and...and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses." In the character of his fictitious friend the clergyman, he speaks of " the great use this paper might...

...Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men ; and I shall be ambitiotu G s ' I would therefore in a very particular manner recommend these my speculations to all well regulated...

...by fictions running parallel with the political newspaper. Addison announces the design " to bring philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...assemblies, at tea-tables and in' coffee-houses." In the character of his fictitious friend the clergyman, he speaks of " the great use this paper might...