 ... and we are not to expect that the majority will be disposed to look to much more than the outward sign. I believe the fact to be, that wit is very seldom the only eminent quality which resides in the mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by...  The Edinburgh Review– Or Critical Journal - 252 psl.1855Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 psl.
...mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile...orators, and statesmen of all times have been witty. Csesar, Alexander, Aristotle, Descartes, and Lord Bacon were witty men ; so were Cicero, Shaksperc,... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1856 - 884 psl.
...Cusar, Alexander, Aristotle, Descartes, and Lord Bacon were witty men ; so were Cicero, Shakspcare, Demosthenes, Boileau, Pope, Dryden, Fontenelle, Jonson,...Waller, Cowley, Solon, Socrates, Dr. Johnson, "and ever so many other great men, were men of wit, and the world would never have heard of one of them... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 psl.
...mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile...made a distinguished figure in the House of Commons. I have talked of the danger of wit; I do not mean by that to enter into common-place declamation against... | |
 | Joseph Haven - 1857 - 612 psl.
...the mind of any man; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile...orators, and statesmen of all times, have been witty." Wit as an Instrument for correcting Potty. — There is one important use of the faculty under consideration,... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1858 - 494 psl.
...mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile...were Cicero, Shakspeare, Demosthenes, Boileau, Pope, Dry den, Fontenelle, Jonson, Waller, Cowley, Solon, Socrates, Dr. Johnson, and almost every man who... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1859 - 476 psl.
...mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile...witty men; so were Cicero, Shakspeare, Demosthenes, Boilenu, Pope, Dryden, Fontenelle, Jonson, Waller, Cowley, Solon, Socrates, Dr. Johnson, and almost... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1858 - 470 psl.
...mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile...orators, and statesmen of all times, have been witty. Cajsar, Alexander, Aristotle, Descartes, and Lord Bacon, were witty men; so were Cicero, Shakspeare,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 psl.
...quality of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile...orators, and statesmen of all times have been witty. Coesar, Alexander, Aristotle, Descartes, and Lord Bacon were witty men ; so were Cicero, Shakspeare,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 psl.
...mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile...orators, and statesmen of all times, have been witty. Csesar, Alexander, Aristotle, Descartes, and Lord Bacon, were witty men ; so were Cicero, Shakspeare,... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 psl.
...the mind of any man: it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile...Descartes, and Lord Bacon, were witty men; so were Cicero, Shakespeare, Demosthenes, Boileau, Pope, Dryden, Fontenelle, Jonson, Waller, Cowley, Solon, Socrates,... | |
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