 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1910 - 330 oldal
...Dr. Johnson, and almost every man who has made a distinguished figure in the House of Commons. . . . 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... | |
 | 1850 - 698 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... | |
 | J. C. Gregory - 1924 - 264 oldal
...clearly detected in laughter. A genius is an ordinary man greatly magnified : as Sydney Smith wrote, " The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is eight men, not one man"117. An ordinary man is a solitary man magnified by the companionship of society. This social magnification... | |
 | 1855 - 1504 oldal
...sentences which he regards as a most perfect though involuntary sketch of the mind that suggested them. " 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... | |
 | United States. Office of Armed Forces Information and Education - 1960 - 268 oldal
..."The meaning of an extraordinary man U that he is eight men in one man ; that he has as much wit aa if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had...conduct is as judicious as if he were the dullest of human beings, and his imagination as brilliant as if he were irretrievably ruined." In Korea, just... | |
 | United States. Directorate for Armed Forces Information and Education - 1960 - 270 oldal
...winning with his humor. He would have qualified under the English essayist Sydney Smith's definition: "The meaning of an extraordinary man is that he is eight men in 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... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1850 - 870 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... | |
 | 1928 - 764 oldal
...reflections as well as actions upon it is rare and original. As Sydney Smith put it in one of his writings : 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. is always sure of... | |
 | The Proprietors - 1857 - 686 oldal
...all of the papers submitted. Rf J. BRAND, President. FRANKLIN BILL, Secretary. AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN. THE meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is...had no wit ; that his conduct is as judicious as if lie were the dullest of human beings, and his imagination as brilliant as if lie were irretrievably... | |
 | 1865 - 684 oldal
...at uniting things that arc commonly incompatible. The meaning of an extraordimiry man is, that he ii eight men, not one man ; that he has as much wit as...sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit ; that hie conduct is as judicious as if he were (he dullest of human lioings, and his imagination as brilliant... | |
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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... 
