 ... he must obtain them at the expense of decency, friendship, and good feeling. It must always be probable, too, that a mere wit is a person of light and frivolous understanding. His business is not to discover relations of ideas that are useful, and...  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 1801862Full view - About this book
 | Sydney Smith - 1849 - 446 lehte
...His business is not to discover relations of ideas that are useful, and have a real influence upon life, but to discover the more trifling relations...always gazing at the world through a Claude Lorraine glass,—discovering a thousand appearances which are created only by the instrument of inspection,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1850 - 474 lehte
...His business is not to discover relations of ideas that are useful, and have a real influence upon life, but to discover the more trifling relations...every object with factitious and unnatural colours. In short, the character of a mere wit it is impossible to consider as very amiable, very respectable,... | |
 | 1850 - 546 lehte
...His business is not to discover relations of ideas that are useful, and have a real influence upon life, but to discover the more trifling relations...covering every object with factitious and unnatural colors. In short, the character of a mere wit it is impossible to consider as very amiable, very respectable,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1850 - 428 lehte
...His business is not to discover relations of ideas that are useful, and have a real influence upon life, but to discover the more trifling relations...covering every object with factitious and unnatural colors. In short, the character of a mere wit it is impossible to consider as very amiable, very respectable,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1850 - 420 lehte
...His business is not to discover relations of ideas that are useful, and have a real influence upon life, but to discover the more trifling relations...covering every object with factitious and unnatural colors. In short, the character of a mere wit it is impossible to consider as very amiable, very respectable,... | |
 | 1850 - 550 lehte
...His business is not to discover relations of ideas that are useful, and have a real influence upon life, but to discover the more trifling relations...created only by the instrument of inspection, and cov-. ering every object with factitious and unnatural colors. In short, the character of a mere wit... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 lehte
...His business is not to discover relations of ideas that are useful, and have a real influence upon life, but to discover the more trifling relations...amusing ; he never looks at things with the naked eye of commonsense, but is always gazing at the world through a Claude Lorraine glass, discovering a thousand... | |
 | 1850 - 896 lehte
...discover relations of ideas that are usfful, and have a real influence upon life, but to discover the mope trifling relations which are only amusing ; he never...looks at things with the naked eye of common sense, bit is always gazing at the world through a Claude Lorraine glass — discovering a thousand appearances... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 lehte
...His business is not to discover relations of ideas that are useful, and have a real influence upon life, but to discover the more trifling relations...instrument of inspection, and covering every object with fictitious and unnatural colours. In short, the character of a mere wit it is impossible to consider... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1853 - 252 lehte
...His business is not to discover relations of ideas that are useful, and have a real influence upon life, but to discover the more trifling relations...amusing ; he never looks at things with the naked eye of commonsense, but is always gazing at the world through a Claude Lorraine glass, discovering a thousand... | |
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