 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 oldal
...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 as if he...conduct is as judicious as if he were the dullest of human beings. and his imaginal ion as brilliant as if he were irretrievably ruined. l!ut when wit is... | |
 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal, Théodore Karcher - 1876 - 312 oldal
...understanding well, to risk something — to aim at uniting things that are commonly incompatible. The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is...conduct is as judicious as if he were the dullest of human beings, and his imagination as brilliant as if he were irretrievably ruined. But when wit is... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 oldal
...superior understanding. Almost all the great poets, orators, and statesmen of all times have been witty. The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is...conduct is as judicious as if he were the dullest of human beings, and his imagination as brilliant as if he were irretrievably rnined. But when wit is... | |
 | William Francis Ainsworth - 1878 - 738 oldal
...of our nature." — These are the words of Sydney Smith, who was himself an example of a man who had as much wit as if he had no sense. and as much sense and benevolence as if he had no wit. Because humour and brightness of disposition have been, in the... | |
 | William Francis Ainsworth - 1878 - 738 oldal
...of our nature."—These are the words of Sydney Smith, who was himself an example of a man who had as much wit as if he had no sense. and as much sense and benevolence as if he had no wit. Because humour and brightness of disposition have been, in the... | |
 | 1878 - 732 oldal
...of our nature." — These are the words of Sydney Smith, who was himself an example of a man who had as much wit as if he had no sense. and as much sense and benevolence as if he had no wit. Because humour and brightness of disposition have been, in the... | |
 | John Brown - 1880 - 312 oldal
...the understanding well, to risk something ;" to aim at uniting things that are commonly incompatible. The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is...conduct is as judicious as if he were the dullest of human beings, and his imagination as brilliant as if he were irretrievably ruined. But when wit is... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 oldal
...the understanding well, to risk something ; to aim at uniting things that are commonly incompatible. The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is...wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if be had no wit; that his conduct is as judicious as if he were the dullest of human beings, and his... | |
 | John Brown - 1882 - 468 oldal
...the understanding well, to risk something ; to aim at uniting things that are commonly incompatible. The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is...conduct is as judicious as if he were the dullest of human beings, and his imagination as brilliant as if he were irretrievably ruined. But when wit is... | |
 | John Brown - 1882 - 498 oldal
...the understanding well, to risk something ; to aim at uniting things that are commonly incompatible. The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is...conduct is as judicious as if he were the dullest of human beings, and his imagination as brilliant as if he were irretrievably ruined. But when wit is... | |
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The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is eight men, not one man ; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit ; that his conduct is as judicious as if he were the dullest of human beings, and his imagination... 
