l'utile

It is to our purpose, writing, as we profess to do, _pour l'utile_, that our young friend indulged little in sentiment that her circumstances rendered dangerous to her peace, and that, being a country-bred

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

"Le beau est aussi utile que l'utile, plus peutêtre."

Music Talks with Children Thomas Tapper

"The value and rights of truth are founded on its utility," which is "the unique measure of man's judgements," one thinker asserts; another declares that "the useful circumscribes everything," l'utile circonscrit tout; another lays down that "to be virtuous is to be useful; to be vicious is to be useless or harmful; that is the sum of morality."

The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth 1894

Rochefoucauld is thrown out [158] in the essay [159] _De l'utile et de l'honneste_; and the most modern-seeming currents of thought, as M. Stapfer remarks, can be detected in the passages of the all-discussing

Montaigne and Shakspere 1894

Its object is, that of calling up their ideas into ready exercise, and habituating the mind to a prompt and accurate description of object, as well as a more subtle delineation of thoughts and feelings; and it has particularly in view the monition that, even in their recreations, they may remember "l'utile," as well as "l'agreeable."

The Fugitive Blacksmith; or, Events in the History of James W. C. Pennington, Pastor of a Presbyterian Church, New York, Formerly a Slave in the State of Maryland, United States 1849

Ne vous ai-je pas dit que nos péres préferoient l'utile à l'agréable: aussi ont ils mieux aimé construire de grands greniers que de jolis appartemens; mais en revanche ils out jetté quantité de petites mansardes sur un autre côté du logis.

A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, Volume II (of 2) Philip Thicknesse 1755

“Poor fellow!” said Mr. Sackville; “the sentiment, ` Il n'y a rien de beau que l'utile, '[3] is quite excusable in a laborer.

The Travellers 1825

Le goût est revenu; au lieu du surnaturel on veut du raisonnable; et à la place d’un nombre d’incidens qui chargeaient les moindres faits, on demande une narration simple, vive, et soutenue par des portraits qui nous présentent l’agréable et l'utile. "

The Unexpected Legacy 1804