...who, in confidence of superiour capacities or attainments, disregard the common maxims of life, shall be reminded, that nothing will supply the want of...useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible. SWIFT. AN account of Dr. Swift has been already collected, with great diligence and acuteness, by Dr....

...who, in confidence of superior capacities or attainments, disregarded the common maxims of life, shall be reminded, that nothing will supply the want of...useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible. SWIFT. AN account of Dr. Swift has been already collected with great diligence and aruteness, by Dr....

...Sheridan to think seriously of the words, with which Dr. Johnson concludes his life of Savage,—that " those, who, in confidence of superior capacities or...Most anxious was Mr. Sheridan to procure from Mr. Mansfield, something that had an appearance of a retractation of the charges which he had brought against...

...words, with which Dr. Johnson concludes his life of Savage, — that " those, who, in confi" dence of superior capacities or attainments, " disregard...supply the want " of prudence; and that negligence and irregu" larity long continued, will make knowledge " useless, wit ridiculous, and genius con" temptible."...

...who in confidence of superior capacities or attainments, disregard the common maxims of life, shall be reminded that nothing will supply the want of prudence...useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible. — Johnson's Lives. A wicked man reduced to hardships and misfortunes, is truly in a miserable case...

...qualities of an individual. Dr. Johnson has justly observed, with reference to the life of Savage, that " negligence and irregularity, long continued,...make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius comtemptible." And is not this in some degree the posthumous lot of Sheridan, as of Savage; who, however,...

...Dent fan bet oœre npttigt at minbeá be txjgtige Orb, meb ^t>tlfe3o^nfon flutter @a»age'e£eonet: Those •who, in confidence of superior capacities...knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible *).'' 2)en geil, jeg Ijer baöler, er bog t aííe £anbe *) S. e. "2>t, fom i Siffib tti faint 6»n«...

...confidence of superior capacities or attainments, disregard the common maxims of life ; that nothing can supply the want of prudence ; and that negligence...irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, art ridiculous, and genius contemptible." The poems which Boy.se wrote for magazines and other periodical...

...exhibiting, in the memorable words of hifl great biographer, Johnson, a lamentable proof that " nothing can supply the want of prudence ; and that negligence...useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible, — Life by Johnson. . .SA VARY. There were several ingenious French writers of this name. Of these...

...who, in confidence of superior capacities or attainments, disregard the common maxims of life, should be reminded, that nothing will supply the want of...useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible." To those who may be in any way descendants of this eccentric individual, we will simply say that we...