There are men whose powers operate only at leisure and in retirement, and whose intellectual vigour deserts them in conversation ; whom merriment confuses, and objection disconcerts : whose bashfulness restrains their exertion, and suffers them not to... Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind - Side 280av Dugald Stewart - 1814Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| George Payn Quackenbos - 1863 - 470 sider
..."There are men whose powers operate in leisure and in retirement, and whose intellectual vigor deserts them in conversation; whom merriment confuses, and...their exertion, and suffers them not to speak till the tune of speaking is past." § 84. RULE II. — A period must be placed after every abbreviated word... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1864 - 460 sider
...whose powers operate only at leisure and in retirement, and whose intellectual vigour deserts them iu conversation ; whom merriment confuses and objection...what has not been considered, and cannot be recalled. Of Dryden's sluggishness in conversation it Ls vain to search or to guess the cause. He certainly wanted... | |
| George Payn Quackenbos - 1865 - 476 sider
...deserts them in conversation ; whom merriment confuses, and objection diseoncerts ; whose bashfulncss restrains their exertion, and suffers them not to speak till the time of speaking is past." § 84. RULE II. — A period must be placed after every abbreviated word ; as, Dr. Geo. F. Johnson,... | |
| John Dryden - 1867 - 556 sider
...are men whose powers operate only at leisure and in retirement, and whose intellectual vigour deserts them in conversation ; whom merriment confuses, and...what has not been considered, and cannot be recalled. Of Dryden's slnggishuess in conversation it is vain to search or to guess the cause. He certainly wanted... | |
| John Wilson - 1868 - 376 sider
...There are men whose powers operate in leisure and in retirement, and whose intellectxial vigor deserts them in conversation ; whom merriment confuses, and...what has not been considered, and cannot be recalled. That benevolence which prompted Jesus to incessant exertion; which supported him through unparalleled.... | |
| George Thomas Coster - 1869 - 112 sider
...are men whose powers operate only at leisure and in retirement, and whose intellectual vigour deserts them in conversation ; whom merriment confuses, and...has not been considered, and cannot be recalled." In the pulpit, however, his tongue was as the pen of a ready writer. Yet he had very lowly views of... | |
| John Wilson - 1871 - 364 sider
...There are men whose powers operate in leisure and in retirement, and whose intellectual vigor deserts them in conversation; whom merriment confuses, and...what has not been considered, and cannot be recalled. EXEECISES TO BE WEITTEN. Iiuert semicolons or commas bctween the particulars of each senes m tAm< sentences,... | |
| John Wilson - 1871 - 364 sider
...There are men whose powers operate in leisure and in retirement, and whose intellectual vigor deserts them in conversation; whom merriment confuses, and...what has not been considered, and cannot be recalled. EXERCISES TO BE WRITTEN. In&ert semicolons or commas between the particulars of each series m these... | |
| Public school series - 1874 - 408 sider
...intellectual vigour deserts them in conversation ; whom merriment confuses, and objection disconeerts : whose bashfulness restrains their exertion, and suffers...what has not been considered, and cannot be recalled. Of Dryden's sluggishness in conversation it is vain to search or to guess the cause. He certainly wanted... | |
| George Payn Quackenbos - 1874 - 468 sider
...There are men whose powers operate in leisure and in retirement, and whose intellectual vigor deserts them in conversation ; whom merriment confuses, and...them not to speak till the time of speaking is past." § 84. RULE II. — A period must be placed after every abbreviated word ; as, Dr. Geo. F. Johnson,... | |
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