 ... and we are not to expect that the majority will be disposed to look to much more than the outward sign. I believe the fact to be, that wit is very seldom the only eminent quality which resides in the mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - 252 ページ1855全文表示 - この書籍について
 | 1848 - 704 ページ
...words must be well considered, — they are to be taken strictly. —Mr. Gladstone's Letters. WIT. ALMOST all the great poets, orators, and statesmen...made a distinguished figure in the House of Commons. I have talked of the danger of wit: I do not mean by that to enter into common-place declamation against... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1849 - 446 ページ
...the mind of any man; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile...orators, and statesmen of all times, have been witty. Cassar, Alexander, Aristotle, Descartes, and Lord Bacon, were witty men; so were Cicero, Shakspeare,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1850 - 474 ページ
...mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile...made a distinguished figure in the House of Commons. I have talked of the danger of wit : I do not mean by that to enter into common-place declamation against... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1850 - 428 ページ
...mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile...made a distinguished figure in the House of Commons. I have talked of the danger of wit : I do not mean by that to enter into commonplace declamation against... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 ページ
...mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied with many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile...orators, and statesmen of all times, have been witty. Csesar, Alexander, Aristotle, Descartes, and Lord Bacon, were witty men ; so was Cicero, Shakspeare,... | |
 | 1850 - 818 ページ
...mind of any man : it is commonly accompanied with many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile...orators, and statesmen of all times, have been witty. <' i su¡, ALEXANDER, ARISTOTLE, DESCARTES, and Lord BACoN,were witty men ; so were CICERO, SHAKSPKARE,... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1850 - 612 ページ
...is commonly accompanied with many other talents of every description, und ought to be considered us a strong evidence of a fertile and superior understanding....orators, and statesmen of all times, have been witty. С.ЗДАН, ALEXANDER, ARISTOTLE, ЛкзсАИТкз,ши1 Lord BACOsywere witty men ; so were CICERO,... | |
 | 1850 - 744 ページ
...hypothesis will explain the close connexion between genius and wit. As the author correctly states, almost all the great poets, orators and statesmen of all times have been witty. Ciesar, Alexander, Aristotle, Descartes, and Lord Bacon, were witty men ; so were Cicero, Shakspeare,... | |
 | 1850 - 896 ページ
...mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile and superior understanding. Almost ill the great poets, orators, and statesmen of all times, have been witty, Cícsíir, Alexander. Aristotle,... | |
 | 1850 - 608 ページ
...mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile and superior understanding." — pp. 149 — 151. • On the subject of the influence of association in matters of taste, the lecturer... | |
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