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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ... - Page 46
redigeeritud poolt - 1797
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The Spectator, 3. köide

1729 - 332 lehte
...Qualifies in the Mind of Man, but there is none fo ttfetnl as Difcretion ; it is this indeed which gives a Value to all the reft, which fets them at...and turns them to the Advantage of the Perfon who is pof. fefTed of them. Without it Learning is Pedantry, and Wit Impertinence; Virtue it felf looks like...
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Harrison's British Classicks, 4. köide

1786 - 694 lehte
...but there is uleiul a» diicrclion; it il this indeed which gives a value to all th< reft, which fers them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the perlón who is роЛеПЫ of them. Without it learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence; virtue...
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The Berwick Museum, Or, Monthly Literary Intelligencer: Forming and ...

1787 - 588 lehte
...fo ufèful as difcretion ¡ it is this, indeed, which gires a value to all the reft, which fets then at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the perfon who is poffefled of them. Without it learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence. Virtue itfelf looks like...
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Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical ..., 7. köide

Joseph Addison - 1797 - 610 lehte
...fhining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none fo ufeful as difcretioa; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the reft, which fets them at...and turns them to the advantage of the perfon who is poflefled of them. Without it learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence: Virtue itfelf looks like...
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Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments ...

Mr. Addison - 1797 - 642 lehte
...fhining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none fo ufeful as diTcretion; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the reft, which fets them at work in ^heir proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the perfon who js pofleffed of them....
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 lehte
...qualities in the mind -of man, but there is none fo ufeful as difcretion. It is this, indeed, which gives a value to all the reft.; which fets them at...and turns them to the advantage of the perfon who is pofsefsed of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itfelf looks like...
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The Addisonian miscellany, a selection from the Spectator, Tatler, and ...

Joseph Addison - 1801 - 338 lehte
...more/fhining qualities in the mind of man,, but there is none fo ufefulas difcretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the reft, which fets them at work in .their proper times and places, and turns.them to the advantage of the perfon who is poflefTed of them- Without k learning is pedantry,...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking ...: To which are ...

Noah Webster - 1802 - 278 lehte
...is none 10 useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is pos;«;&edof them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and •wit impertinence ; virtue...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to ...

Noah Webster - 1802 - 252 lehte
...fo ufeful as difcretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the reft, which fets them to work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advan.» tage of the perfon who is pofTeffed of them. Without it learn.» ing ie pedantry, and wit...
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Select British Classics, 13. köide

1803 - 402 lehte
...is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them. Without it learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itself...
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