 ... 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
 | Ambrose Lewis Vago - 1871 - 144 psl.
...the mind of man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile...times have been witty. Caesar, Alexander, Aristotle, Socrates, Solon, Demosthenes, and Cicero were witty men ; so were Lord Bacon, Shakespeare, Descartes,... | |
 | 1872 - 556 psl.
...in the mind of any ma is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile...Shakspeare, Demosthenes, Boileau, Pope, Dryden, Fontenelle, Johnson, Waller, Cowley, Solon, Socrates, Dr. Johnson, and almost every man who has made a distinguished... | |
 | Joseph Haven - 1872 - 614 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...understanding. Almost all the great poets, orators, ant! statesmen of all times, have been witty." Wit as an Instrument for correcting Folly. — There... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 psl.
...the mmd 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. The meaning of an extraordinary man is. that he is cii)ht men, not one man ; that he has as much wit... | |
 | Joseph Haven - 1875 - 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...Almost all the great poets, orators, and statesmen rf all times, have been witty." Wit as an Instrument for correcting Folly. — There it Dne important... | |
 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal, Théodore Karcher - 1876 - 312 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. Cresar, Alexander, Aristotle, Descartes, and Lord Bacon were witty men ; so were Cicero, Shakspeare,... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 452 psl.
...; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be cousidered as a strong evidence of a fertile and superior understanding....poets, orators, and statesmen of all times have been witly. The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is eiyht men, not one man ; that he has as much... | |
 | Samuel Sullivan Cox - 1876 - 406 psl.
...poets, orators, and statesmen of all times — Caesar, Alexander, Aristotle, Descartes, and Lord Bacon ; Cicero, Shakspeare, Demosthenes, Boileau, Pope, Dryden,...Socrates, Dr. Johnson ; and almost every man who has been distinguished in the House of Commons. Had he lived later, his list would have been longer. A... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 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. The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is eight men, not one man ; that he has as much wit... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 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. Canar, Alexander, Aristotle, Descartes, and Lord Bacon were witty men ; so were Cicero, Shakespeare,... | |
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