 | 1878 - 732 oldal
...Mary Godwin eloped with me in secret, and ia secret il 10 became my lawful bride. WITTY AND WISE. " WHEN wit is combined with sense and information ;...principle ; when it is in the hands of a man who can use it and despise it ; who can be witty, and something more than witty ; who loves honour, justice' decency,... | |
 | 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...when it is softened by benevolence, and restrained by strong principle ; when it is in the hands of a man who can use it and despise it, who can be witty... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 824 oldal
...Letters, was given to the world in 1855, by his daughter, Lady Holland. Wit the Flavour of the Mind. When wit is combined with sense and information ;...principle ; when it is in the hands of a man who can nse it and despise it— who can be witty and something more than witty— who loves honour, justice,... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 oldal
...beings, and his imagination as brilliant as if he were irretrievably ruined. But when wit is comblned with sense and information ; when it is softened by benevolence, and restrained by strong principle ; when it is in the hands of a man who can use it and despise it, who can be witty... | |
 | 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...when it is softened by benevolence, and restrained by strong principle ; when it is in the hands of a man who can use it and despise it, who can be witty... | |
 | 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...when it is softened by benevolence, and restrained by strong principle ; when it is in the hands of a man who can use it and despise it, who can be witty... | |
 | John Brown - 1882 - 502 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...when it is softened by benevolence, and restrained by strong principle ; when it is in the hands of a man who can use it and despise it, who can be witty... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1882 - 558 oldal
...understanding well, to risk something; to aim at uniting things that are commonly incompatible. 2. When wit is combined with sense and information ;...principle ; when it is in the hands of a man who can use it and despise it, who can bo witty, and something more than witty, who loves honor, justice, decency,... | |
 | John Brown - 1882 - 342 oldal
...sense as if he had no wit ; that his conduct is as judicious as if he were the dullest of human heings, and his imagination as brilliant as if he were irretrievably...when it is softened by benevolence, and restrained by strong principle ; when it is in, the hands of a man who can use it and despise it, who ean be witty... | |
 | Christian Brothers - 1884 - 516 oldal
...conduct is as judicious as if he were the dullest of human beings, and his imagination as brilliant us if he were irretrievably ruined. But when wit is combined...when it is softened by benevolence, and restrained by strong principle; when it is in the hands of a man who can use it and despise it, who can be witty,... | |
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