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Strana 178
... ridicule, and exposing to laughter those one converses with, is the qualification of little ungenerous tempers. A young man with this cast of mind cuts himself off from all manner of improvement. Every one has his flaws and weaknesses ...
... ridicule, and exposing to laughter those one converses with, is the qualification of little ungenerous tempers. A young man with this cast of mind cuts himself off from all manner of improvement. Every one has his flaws and weaknesses ...
Strana 179
... ridicule were employed to laugh men out of vice and folly, it might be of some use to the world ; but instead of ... ridicule. We meet with more raillery among the moderns, but more good sense among the ancients. The two great branches ...
... ridicule were employed to laugh men out of vice and folly, it might be of some use to the world ; but instead of ... ridicule. We meet with more raillery among the moderns, but more good sense among the ancients. The two great branches ...
Strana 350
... ridicule by a cold, ill-natured criticism. A little wit is equally capable of exposing a beauty and of aggravating a fault; and though such a treatment of an author naturally produces indignation in the mind of an understanding reader ...
... ridicule by a cold, ill-natured criticism. A little wit is equally capable of exposing a beauty and of aggravating a fault; and though such a treatment of an author naturally produces indignation in the mind of an understanding reader ...
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