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" The reason is, that the outward signs of a dull man and a wise man are the same, and so are the outward signs of a frivolous man and a witty man ; and we are not to expect that the majority will be disposed to look to much more than the outward sign.... "
Mental Philosophy: Including the Intellect, Sensibilities, and Will - Pagina 423
door Joseph Haven - 1867 - 590 pagina’s
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 102

1855 - 620 pagina’s
...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...accompanied by many other talents of every description, and outfit to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile and superior understanding. Almost all the...
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Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy: Delivered at the Royal Institution ...

Sydney Smith - 1849 - 446 pagina’s
...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...understanding. Almost all the great poets, orators, and statesmen of all times, have been witty. Cassar, Alexander, Aristotle, Descartes, and Lord Bacon, were...
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Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy: Delivered at the Royal Institution ...

Sydney Smith - 1850 - 474 pagina’s
...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...understanding. Almost all the great poets, orators, and statesmen of all times, have been witty. Caesar, Alexander, Aristotle, Descartes, and Lord Bacon, were...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1

1850 - 896 pagina’s
...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...evidence of a fertile and superior understanding. Almost ill the great poets, orators, and statesmen of all times, have been witty, Cícsíir, Alexander. Aristotle,...
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the edinburgh review, of critical journal

charles black - 1850 - 630 pagina’s
...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...evidence of a fertile and superior understanding. ... I have talked of the danger of wit: I do not mean by that to enter into common-place declamation...
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The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany, Volume 49

1850 - 608 pagina’s
...be disposed to look to much mare than the outward sign. I believe the fact to be, that wit is very seldom the only eminent quality which resides in the...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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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 20

1850 - 604 pagina’s
...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...evidence of a fertile and superior understanding. . . . I have talked of the danger of wit ; I do not mean by that to enter into common- place declamation...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 14;Volume 49

1850 - 550 pagina’s
...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...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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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 20

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 608 pagina’s
...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...evidence of a fertile and superior understanding. . . I have talked of the danger of wit; I do not mean by that to enter into common-place declamation...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 35

1850 - 818 pagina’s
...seldom the only eminent quality which resides in the mind of any man : it is commonly accompanied with many other talents of every description, and ought...understanding. Almost all the great poets, orators, and statesmen of all times, have been witty. <' i su¡, ALEXANDER, ARISTOTLE, DESCARTES, and Lord BACoN,were...
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