 I have talked of the danger of wit : I do not mean by that to enter into commonplace declamation against faculties because they are dangerous ; — wit is dangerous, eloquence is dangerous, a talent for observation is dangerous, every thing is dangerous...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - 第 547 頁由 編輯 - 1850完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | 1848 - 704 頁
...Dr. Johnson, and almost every man who has made a distinguished figure in the House of Commons. I have talked of the danger of wit: I do not mean by that...dangerous, a talent for observation is dangerous, everything is dangerous that has efficacy and vigour for its characteristics : nothing is safe but... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1849 - 446 頁
...Dr. Johnson, and almost every man who has made a distinguished figure in the House of Commons. I have talked of the danger of wit: I do not mean by that...common-place declamation against faculties because they are dangerous;—wit is dangerous, eloquence is dangerous, a talent for observation is dangerous, every... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1850 - 428 頁
...Dr. Johnson, and almost every man who has made a distinguished figure in the House of Commons. I have talked of the danger of wit : I do not mean by that...characteristics ; nothing is safe but mediocrity. The business is, in conducting the understanding well, to risk something ; to aim at uniting things that... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1850 - 420 頁
...Dr. Johnson, and almost every man who has made a distinguished figure in the House of Commons. I have talked of the danger of wit : I do not mean by that...characteristics ; nothing is safe but mediocrity. The business is, in conducting the understanding well, to risk something ; to aim at uniting things that... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1850 - 474 頁
...Dr. Johnson, and almost every man who has made a distinguished figure in the House of Commons. I have talked of the danger of wit : I do not mean by that...dangerous, every thing is dangerous that has efficacy and vigour for its characteristics ; nothing is safe but mediocrity. The business is, in conducting the... | |
 | charles black - 1850 - 630 頁
...and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile and superior understanding. ... I have talked of the danger of wit: I do not mean by that...dangerous, every thing is dangerous that has efficacy and rigour for its characteristics; nothing is safe but mediocrity. . . . But when wit is combined with... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 頁
...Dr. Johnson, and almost every man who has made a distinguished figure in the House of Commons. I have talked of the danger of wit; I do not mean by that...dangerous, every thing is dangerous that has efficacy and vigour for its characteristics; nothing is safe but mediocrity. The business is, in conducting the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 608 頁
...and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile and superior understanding. . . I have talked of the danger of wit; I do not mean by that...dangerous, a talent for observation is dangerous, every tiling is dangerous that has efficacy and vigor for its characteristics; nothing is safo but mediocrity.... | |
 | 1850 - 604 頁
...and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile and superior understanding. . . . I have talked of the danger of wit ; I do not mean by that to enter into common- place declamation against faculties because they are dangerous. Wit is dangerous, eloquence... | |
 | 1850 - 896 頁
...declamation against faculties because they air dangerous ; wit is dangerous, eloquence is dangerous, n talent for observation is dangerous, every thing is dangerous that has efficacy and viijor for its characteristics: nothing is safe but mediocrity. The business is, in conducting the... | |
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