 The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is eight men, not one man ; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit; that his conduct is as judicious as if he were the dullest of human beings, and his imagination...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 547edited by - 1850Full view - About this book
 | 1855 - 620 pages
...Dr. Johnson, and almost every man who has made a distinguished figure in the House of Commons . . . The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is eight men, not one man ; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit; that his conduct is as judicious as if... | |
 | 1848 - 704 pages
...a talent for observation is dangerous, everything is dangerous that has efficacy and vigour for its characteristics : nothing is safe but mediocrity....is eight men, not one man ; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit ; that his conduct is as judicious as... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1849 - 446 pages
...talent for observation is dangerous, every thing is dangerous that has efficacy and vigour for its characteristics; nothing is safe but mediocrity. The...is eight men, not one man; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit; that • his conduct is as judicious... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 pages
...talent for observation is dangerous, every thing is dangerous that has efficacy and vigour for its characteristics; nothing is safe but mediocrity. The...is eight men, not one man ; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit ; that his conduct is as judicious as... | |
 | 1850 - 896 pages
...talent for observation is dangerous, every thing is dangerous that has efficacy and viijor for its characteristics: nothing is safe but mediocrity. The...The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is right men, not one man ; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1853 - 252 pages
...talent for observation is dangerous, every thing is dangerous that has efficacy and vigour for its characteristics ; nothing is safe but mediocrity....is eight men, not one man ; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit; that his conduct is as judicious as if... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...a talent for observation is dangerous, everything is dangerous that has efficacy and vigour for its characteristics ; nothing is safe but mediocrity. The business is, in conducting the undertaking well, to risk something ; to aim at uniting things that are commonly incompatible. The... | |
 | Rev. Sidney Smith - 1854 - 296 pages
...talent for observation is dangerous, every thing is dangerous that has efficacy and vigour for its characteristics ; nothing is safe but mediocrity....is eight men, not one man ; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit; that his conduct is as judicious as if... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1855 - 408 pages
...a talent for observation is dangerous, every thing is dangerous that has efficacy and vigor for its characteristics ; nothing is safe but mediocrity....of an extraordinary man is, that he is eight men, nof one man ; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit... | |
 | 1855 - 946 pages
...Humour, which constitutes, as we think, a most happy though unintentional portrait of himself : — ' The meaning' of an extraordinary man is, that he is eight men, not one man ; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit ; that his conduct is as judicious as... | |
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