 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
 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal, Théodore Karcher - 1876 - 312 páginas
...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,... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 452 páginas
...and statesmen of all times have been witly. The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is eiyht men, not one man ; that he has as much wit as if he...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, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 860 páginas
...Letters, was given to the world in 1855, by his daughter, Lady Holland. Wit the Flavour of the Mind. Stand still to gaze, and, gazing, bless the scene,...virgin veil the gentle bride. And once, alas ! no it and despise it — who can be witty and something more than witty — who loves honour, justice,... | |
 | Henry J. Fox - 1876 - 478 páginas
...WIT.— The low kind of, by which Sydney Smith was surrounded: Life, 25.- — "When combined with some sense and information ; when it is softened by benevolence...principle ; when it is in the hands of a man who can be witty and something more than witty, who loves honor, justice, decency, good nature, morality and... | |
 | Thornley Smith - 1877 - 186 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 better than witty, who loves honour, decency, good nature, morality, and religion, ten thousand times... | |
 | Lord William Pitt Lennox - 1876 - 346 páginas
...Walker, Cowley, Dr. Johnson, and almost every man who has made a figure in the House of Commons. " When wit is combined with sense and information ;...when it is softened by benevolence, and restrained by strong principle ; when it ia in the hands of a man who can use it and despise it, who can be witty... | |
 | Henry J. Fox - 1876 - 476 páginas
...surrounded : Life, 25. — " When combined with some sense and information ; when it is softened hy benevolence and restrained by principle ; when it is in the hands of a man who can be witty and something more than witty, who loves honor, justice, decency, good nature, morality and... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 páginas
...were the dullest of human beings, and his imagination as brilliant as if he were irretrievably rnined. 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,... | |
 | William Francis Ainsworth - 1878 - 738 páginas
...Mary Godwin eloped with me in secret, and ia secret •he 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,... | |
 | William Francis Ainsworth - 1878 - 738 páginas
...Mary Godwin eloped with me in secret, and ia secret •he 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,... | |
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