Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Svazek 1T. Boys, 1826 - Počet stran: 360 |
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Strana 10
... conversation is a debt to good - nature.— Shenstone . XLIX . No man is the wiser for his learning : it may administer matter to work in , or objects to work upon ; but wit and wisdom are born with a man . - Selden . L. Learning once ...
... conversation is a debt to good - nature.— Shenstone . XLIX . No man is the wiser for his learning : it may administer matter to work in , or objects to work upon ; but wit and wisdom are born with a man . - Selden . L. Learning once ...
Strana 19
... conversation . It is true in- deed , that sallies of wit and quick replies are very pleasing in conversation , but they frequently tend to raise envy in some of the company , but the narrative way nei- ther raises this , nor any other ...
... conversation . It is true in- deed , that sallies of wit and quick replies are very pleasing in conversation , but they frequently tend to raise envy in some of the company , but the narrative way nei- ther raises this , nor any other ...
Strana 29
... conversation , but by dint of argument . The state pedant is wrapt up in news , and lost in politics . If you mention either of the sovereigns of Europe , he talks very notably ; but if you go out of the gazette , you drop him . In ...
... conversation , but by dint of argument . The state pedant is wrapt up in news , and lost in politics . If you mention either of the sovereigns of Europe , he talks very notably ; but if you go out of the gazette , you drop him . In ...
Strana 32
... conversation ; condescend to men of low estate , support the distressed , and patronise the neglected . Be great ; but let it be in considering riches as they are , as talents committed to an earthen vessel . That thou art but the ...
... conversation ; condescend to men of low estate , support the distressed , and patronise the neglected . Be great ; but let it be in considering riches as they are , as talents committed to an earthen vessel . That thou art but the ...
Strana 46
... conversation to be kept up in the world without good nature , or something which must bear its appearance , and supply its place . For this reason mankind have been forced to invent a kind of artificial humanity , which is what we ...
... conversation to be kept up in the world without good nature , or something which must bear its appearance , and supply its place . For this reason mankind have been forced to invent a kind of artificial humanity , which is what we ...
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