 | 1810 - 578 pages
...twenty-four years of age, is a man principally conversant with works of imagination. His feelings are quick, his fancy lively, and his taste good. Talents...and masculine parts of his understanding are left wholiy without cultivation ; he hates the pain of thinking, and suspects every man whose boldness and... | |
 | 1835 - 916 pages
...twenty four years of age is a man principally conversant with works of imagination. His feelings are quick, his fancy lively, and his taste good. Talents...reasoning. All the solid and masculine parts of his undcrslanding are lefl wholly wilhoul.cultivalion ; he hales the pain of thinking, and suspects every... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 920 pages
...twentyfour years of age is a man principally conversant with works of imagination. His feelings are quick, his fancy lively, and his taste good. Talents...of reasoning. All the solid and masculine parts of hie understanding are left wholly without cultivation ; he hales the pain of thinking, and suspects... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 520 pages
...twentyfour years of age is a man principally conversant wilh works of imagination. His feelings are quick, his fancy lively, and his taste good. Talents...original inquiry he has none ; nor has he formed the invaluabk habit of pushing things up to their first principles, or of collecting dry ami unamusing... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 348 pages
...twenty-four years of age, is a man principally conversant with works of imagination. His feelings ere quick . his fancy lively, and his taste good. Talents...principles, or of collecting dry and unamusing facts as the elements of reasoning. All the solid and masculine parts of his understanding are left wholly without... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 348 pages
...man principally conversant with works of imagination. His feelings are quick, his fancy lively, anil his taste good. Talents for speculation and original...has none ; nor has he formed the invaluable habit oí' pushing things up to tlieir first principles, or of collecting dry ami unamusing facts HS the... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1846 - 368 pages
...twenty-four years of age, is a man principally conversant with works of imagination. His feelings are quick, his fancy lively, and his taste good. Talents...to their first principles, or of collecting dry and unarnusing facts as the elements of reasoning. All the solid and masculine parts of his understanding... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1847 - 524 pages
...twentyfour years of age is a man principally conversant with works of imagination. His feelings are quick, his fancy lively, and his taste good. Talents...to their first principles, or of collecting dry and unassuming facts as the materials of reasoning. All the solid and masculine parts of his understanding... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1848 - 552 pages
...twenty-four years of age is a man principally conversant with works of imagination. His feelings are quick, his fancy lively, and his taste good. Talents...reasoning. All the solid and masculine parts of his *o• understanding are left wholly without cultivation ; he hates the pain of thinking, and suspects... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1859 - 1360 pages
...twenty-four years of age is a man principally conversant with works of imagination. His feelings are quick, his fancy lively, and his taste good. Talents...understanding are left wholly without cultivation ; 1)2 hates the pain of thinking, and suspects every man whose boldness an ! originality call upon... | |
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The matter of fact is, that a classical scholar of twenty-three or twenty-four is a man principally conversant with works of imagination. His feelings are quick, his fancy lively, and his taste good. Talents for speculation and original inquiry he has... 
