 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 342 oldal
...what is man himself but a micro-coat, or rather a complete suit of clothes with all its trimmings ? As to his body, there can be no dispute : but examine...vanity a shirt; and conscience a pair of breeches ? due course of reasoning, that those beings, which the world calls improperly suits of clothes are... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 348 oldal
...what is man himself but a micro-coat, or rather a complete suit of clothes with all its trimmings ? As to his body, there can be no dispute : but examine...vanity a shirt ; and conscience a pair of breeches ? These postttlata being admitted, it will follow in due course of reasoning, that those beings, which... | |
 | Robert McWilliam - 1900 - 644 oldal
...What is Man himself but a Micro-Coat, or rather a compleat Suit of Clothes, with all its Trimmings ? As to his Body, there can be no dispute. But examine...exact Dress. To instance no more, is not Religion a Cloke, Honesty a Pair of Shoes, worn out in the dirt; Self-love a Surtout, and Vanity a Shirt'! The... | |
 | R. McWilliam - 1900 - 834 oldal
...What is Man himself but a Micro-Coat, or rather a compleat Suit of Clothes, with all its Trimmings ? As to his Body, there can be no dispute. But examine...furnishing out an exact Dress. To instance no more, is not Keligion a Cloke, Honesty a Pair of Shoes, worn out in the dirt ; Self-love a Surtout, and Vanity a... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1900 - 518 oldal
...ambition, and pride; " ' The Problem," and " The Exam- the three vices that the ancient fathers 39° a cloak; honesty a pair of shoes worn out in the dirt;...conscience a pair of breeches ; which, though a cover for lewclness as well as nastiness, is easily slipt down for the service of both? ... If certain ermines... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 oldal
...what is man himself but a micro-coat, or rather a complete suit of clothes with all its trimmings ? As to his body there can be no dispute ; but examine...vanity a shirt, and conscience a pair of breeches ? . . . Characteristics of Modern Critics. I shall conclude with three maxims, which may serve both... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 864 oldal
...rather a complete suit of clothes with all its trimmings? As to his body there can be no di.-pute ; h arms divine the British throne. ' Our humbler province is to tend ? ... Characteristics of Modern Critics. I shall conclude with three maxims, which may serve both as... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 470 oldal
...what is man himself but a micro-coat,1 or rather a complete suit of clothes with all its trimmings? As to his body, there can be no dispute: but examine...vanity a shirt ; and conscience a pair of breeches ? These postulata being admitted, it will follow in due course of reasoning, that those beings, which... | |
 | John Scott Clark - 1905 - 924 oldal
...even the acquirements of his mind, you will find them all contribute in their order towards furnishing an exact dress ; to instance no more, is not religion...worn out in the dirt, self-love a surtout, vanity a shin, and conscience a pair of breeches? " — Tale of a Tub. 7. Coarseness. — "His intensity of... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1907 - 444 oldal
...gore. " Alluding to the word microcosm, or a little world, as man has been called by philosophers. as to his body, there can be no dispute : but examine...breeches; which, though a cover for lewdness as well as mistiness, is easily slipt down for the service of both ^ These postulata being admitted, it will follow... | |
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As to his body there can be no dispute; but examine even the acquirements of his mind, you will find them all contribute in their order towards furnishing out an exact dress : to instance no more ; is not religion a cloak, honesty a pair of shoes worn... 
