 ... powerful influence in decision upon character, and is not overcome without considerable difficulty. 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 ;...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 547edited by - 1850Full view - About this book
 | Sydney Smith - 1849 - 446 pages
...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...in the mind of any man; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 608 pages
...is that the outward signs of a dull man and a wise man are the same, and во are the outward signs d in the minds of those who have once contemplated...thought, action, or person, not our own. A man, to be g by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1850 - 474 pages
...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...in the mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile... | |
 | 1850 - 546 pages
...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...in the mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile... | |
 | 1850 - 550 pages
...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...in the mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile... | |
 | 1850 - 604 pages
...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...in the mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile... | |
 | charles black - 1850 - 630 pages
...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...in the mind of any man : it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile... | |
 | 1850 - 896 pages
...outward signs of a dull man and a wise man are the same, and so are the outward signs of a fi ivolous man and a witty man ; and we are not to expect that...in the mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile... | |
 | 1850 - 608 pages
...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...that the majority will 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... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...that the outward signs • of a dull man and a wise man are the same, and so are the outward si^ns of a frivolous man and a witty man ; and we are not...in the mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many othei talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile... | |
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