| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 str.
...particular station of life. 8. At the same time that I think discretion/the most useful talent a man can be master of, I look upon .cunning to be the accomplishment...and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed.' 9. Discretion has large" and extended views; and-, like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon:11... | |
| John Walker - 1822 - 404 str.
...contrast more distinctly. EXAMPLES. At the same time that I think discretion the most useful talent a man can be master of, I look upon cunning to be the accomplishment...and pursues the most proper and laudable methods of obtaining them : cunning, has only private selfish aims, and sticks at nothing that may make them succeed.... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1822 - 312 str.
...his particular station ot life. At the same time that I think discretion the most useful talent a man can be master of, I look upon cunning to be the accomplishment of little, mean, ungenerous mind-. Discretion points out the Loblest ends to u*; and pursues the most proper and laudable method*... | |
| James Ferguson - 1823 - 426 str.
...his particular station of life. At the same time that I think discretion the most useful talent a man can be master of, I look upon cunning to be the accomplishment...Discretion has large and extended views, and like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon. Cunning is a kind of short-sightedness, that discovers the... | |
| William Scott - 1823 - 396 str.
...perpetual serenity. — Spectatar. 9. At the same time that I think discretion the most useful talent a man can be master of, I look upon cunning to be the accomplishment...which may make them succeed ; discretion has large and extensive views, and, like a well formed eye, commands a whole horizon ; cunning is a kind of short-sightedness,... | |
| John Walker - 1823 - 406 str.
...contrast more distinctly. EXAMPLES. At the same time that I think discretion the most useful talent a man can be master of, I look upon cunning to be the accomplishment...has only private selfish aims, and sticks at nothing that may make them succeed. Discretion, has large and extended views, and, like a well-formed eye,... | |
| 1823 - 896 str.
...proper, however, to distinguish between discretion and cunning, the latter being the accomplishment only of little mean, ungenerous minds. Discretion points...which may make them succeed. Discretion has large and extensive views, and, like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon : cunning is a kind of shortsightedness,... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 278 str.
...life. At the same time that I think discretion the most * Ecclcs. vi. 9. xxvii. 17. useful talent a man can be master of, I look upon cunning to be the accomplishment...points out the noblest ends to us, and pursues the most propej: and laudable methods of attaining them. Cunning has only private selfish aims, and sticks at... | |
| 1824 - 348 str.
...pleases in his station of life. At the same time that I think discretion the most useful talent a man can be master of, I look upon cunning to be. the accomplishment...and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed. 6. Discretion has large and extended views, and, like a well formed eye, commands a whole horizon :... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1825 - 316 str.
...time that 1 think discretion the most useful talent a man can be master of, I look upon cun•' ning to be the accomplishment of little, mean, ungenerous...and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed.' , things at a distance. Discretion, the more it is discovered, gives a greater authority to the person... | |
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