 | Thomas James Mathias - 1797 - 208 sayfa
...life, as obviotii perhaps, and as little attended to. The sentence is this : " It it an uncontrolled truth, that NO MAN EVER MADE AN ILL FIGURE, WHO UNDERSTOOD HIS OWN TALENTS, NOR A GOOD ONS, MISTOOK THEM," END OF THE THIRD PART. f H fe PURSUITS OF LITERATURES SATIRICAL fOEM IN DIALOGUE.... | |
 | Thomas James Mathias - 1799 - 786 sayfa
...as little attended to. The fentence is this : " It u an uncontrauled truth, that NO MAN EVER MADE AH ILL FIGURE, WHO UNDERSTOOD HIS OWN TALENTS, NOR A GOOD ONE, WHO MISTOOK THEM." END OF THE THIRD DIALOGUE. PURSUITS OF LITERATURE. DIALOGUE THE FOURTH AND LAST. y«fo Sfvpaftn Jero... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 536 sayfa
...country acquaintance; or, at best, with books of amusement in your own language. It is an uncontrolled truth, that no man ever made an ill figure who understood...his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them. I am, &c. FROM LADY BETTY GERMAIN JUNE 5, 1731. A FANCY you have comforted yourself a long time with... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 518 sayfa
...acquaintance ; of, at best, with books of amusement in your own language. It is an uncontrolled tftrth, that no- man ever made an ill figure who understood...his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them. I am, FROM LADY BETTY GERMAIN JCNK 5, 1731. 1 FANCY you have comforted yourself a long time with the... | |
 | Thomas James Mathias - 1801 - 608 sayfa
...life, as obvious perhaps, and as little attended to. The sentence is this; " It is an uncontrolled truth, that NO ** MAN EVER MADE AN ILL FIGURE, WHO UNDERSTOOD HIS *' OWN TALENTS, NOR A COOP ONE, WHO MISTOOK THEM." THE END OF THE THIRD BIALOGVE. • THE PURSUITS OF LITERATURE. DIALOGUE... | |
 | 1843 - 632 sayfa
...the pursuit of distinctions which were unattainable. ' it is an uncontrolled truth,' says Swift, ' that no man ever ' made an ill figure who understood...his own talents, nor a good ' one who mistook them.' Every day brings with it fresh illustrations of this weighty saying; but the best commentary that we... | |
 | George Horne - 1808 - 320 sayfa
...other, by which means we become miserable or ridiculous. " It is " an uncontrolled truth," says Swift, " that no man " ever made an ill figure who understood...own " talents, nor a good one who mistook them."— See Ascham, p. 166. 3. The schemes of worldly politicians are so many spiders' webs, which, when woven... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1813 - 340 sayfa
...country acquaintance; or, at. best, with books of amusement in your own language. It is an uncontrolled truth, that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own taleuts, nor a good one who mistook them. I am, &c. FROM LADY BETTY GERMAIN. June 5, 1731. I FANCY... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 486 sayfa
...acquaintance; .Or, at best, with books of amusement in your own ••language. It is an uncontrolled truth, that no man ever made an ill figure who understood...his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them. I am, &c. JON. SWIFT. FROM LADY BETTY GERMAIN. June 5, 1731. I FANCY you have comforted yourself a... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1816 - 458 sayfa
...remaining in a station for which your talents and disposition proclaim you to be unfit. Let him reflect, that " no man ever made an ill figure, who " understood...own talents, nor a good " one who mistook them."* A short account, however, of the different branches of the Service, is the only thing necessary in... | |
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It is an uncontrolled truth,' says Swift, ' that no man ever ' made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good 
