 But when wit is combined •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 and something much better than witty, who...  The English Journal of Education - Página 1231857Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 432 páginas
...is combined 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, and something much better than witty ; who loves honor, justice,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 páginas
...the understanding well, to risk something ; te aim at uniting things that are commonly incompatible. The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is...principle ; when it is in the hands of a man who can use it and despise it, who can be witty, and something much better than witty ; who loves honor, justice,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 páginas
...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...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,... | |
 | 1865 - 538 páginas
...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... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 páginas
...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... | |
 | Book, H. A. - 1865 - 184 páginas
...is combined with sense and information, when it is refined by benevolence, and restrained by strong principle; when it is in the hands of a man who can...use and despise it who can be witty and something much better than witty, who loves honour, justice, decency, good-nature, morality, and religion ten... | |
 | 1865 - 540 páginas
...the dullest of human beings, and his imagination as . brilliant as if he were irretrievably rained. But when wit is combined 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... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1865 - 478 páginas
...g^f®g»^^ SS^sS^^s^ SoK-S^- •"•£,*•-^ 1^^ ..JJI». . ; WfT AND WISDOM OF SYDNEY SMITH. WHEN WI1 IS COMBINED WITH SENSE AND INFORMATION; WHEN IT IS SOFTENED BY BENEVOLENCE AND RESTRAINED BV STRONG PRINCIPLE; WHEN IT 18 IN THE HANDS OF A MAN W1IO CAN F8E IT AND DESI'ISE IT, WHO CAN BE WITTT... | |
 | John Brown - 1866 - 448 páginas
...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 - 1866 - 454 páginas
...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... | |
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