 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 loves...  Orthodox Phrenology - Seite 48von Ambrose Lewis Vago - 1871 - 133 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1855 - 620 Seiten
...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...better than witty, who loves honour, justice, decency, good-nature, morality, and religion, ten thousand times better than wit; — wit is then a beautiful... | |
 | 1850 - 806 Seiten
...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 desptse it ; who can be witty, and something much better than witty — who loves honour, justice,... | |
 | 1848 - 704 Seiten
...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...better than witty, who loves honour, justice, decency, good-nature, morality, and religion ten thousand times better than wit ; wit is then a beautiful and... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1862 - 628 Seiten
...when it is softened by benevolence and restrained by strong principle, when it is in the hands of one who can be witty, and something much better than witty, who loves honor, justice, decency, good nature, morality, religion, a thousand times better than wit, then it... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1849 - 446 Seiten
...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...better than witty, who loves honour, justice, decency, good-nature, morality, and religion, ten thousand times better thanwit;— wit is then a beautiful... | |
 | charles black - 1850 - 630 Seiten
...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...morality, and religion ten thousand times better than wit,—wit is then a beautiful and delightful part of our nature.' (P. 151.) Our author dismisses '... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1850 - 910 Seiten
...by benevolence, and restrained by strong principle ; when it is in the hands of a man who can us« it and despise it ; who can be witty, and something...wit is then a beautiful and delightful part of our nature, and its effects are seen in " expanding caution, relaxing dignity, unfreezing coldness, extorting... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1850 - 474 Seiten
...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...better than witty, who loves honour, justice, decency, good-nature, morality, and religion, ten thousand times better than wit; — wit is then a beautiful... | |
 | 1850 - 604 Seiten
...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...witty, and something much better than witty ; who loves honor, justice, decency, good-nature, morality, and religion ten thousand times better than wit, —... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1850 - 428 Seiten
...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...witty and something much better than witty, who loves honor, justice, decency, good nature, morality, and religion, ten thousand times better than wit ;... | |
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