 | Beauties - 1791 - 214 pages
...heart far beyond them, and looks upon the others as of no value without them. In the same chapter from whence I took the preceding words, he declares, he should never have a goud opinion of a child, who placed his study in occasioning laughter, by mimicking the behaviour,... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...words, he declares, he mould never have a good opinion of a child, who placed his lludy in occ:ifioning laughter, by mimicking the behaviour, mien, and faults of others : and he prefently gives an admirable reafon for it:." A child," fays he, •« cannot be truly ingenious, in... | |
 | Ellin Devis - English language - 1801 - 156 pages
...chapter, he declares, he ihould never have a good opinion of a child, who placed his ftudy in occafioning laughter, by mimicking the behaviour, mien, and faults of others ; and he gives an admirable reafon for it : " A child," lays he, " cannot be truly ingenious, unlefs be be good... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...heart far beyond them ; and looks upon the others as of no value without them. In the same chapter from whence I took the preceding words, he declares, he...occasioning laughter, by mimicking the behaviour, ru'en, and faults of others : and he presently gives au admirable reason for it: 'A child,' says he,... | |
 | Readers - 1824 - 348 pages
...heart far beyond them, and looks upon the others as of no value without them. In the same chapter from whence I took the preceding words, he declares, he...child, who placed his study in occasioning laughter, by mimicing the behaviour, mein, and faults of others; and he presently gives an admirable reason for... | |
 | Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...words, he declares, he Ihould never have a good opinion of a child, who placed his fludy in occafioning laughter, by mimicking the behaviour, mien', and faults of others ; and he prefently gives an admirable reafon for it : "A child," fays he, " cannot be truly ingenious, in my... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1841 - 316 pages
...he esteems those of the heart far beyond them, and looks upon the other as of no value without them. He declares, he should never have a good opinion of...child, who placed his study in occasioning laughter. " I should rather choose," added he, " to have a boy dull and heavy, than of a bad disposition." LESSON... | |
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Quintillian sets upon the talents of the mind, he esteems those of the heart far beyond them, and looks upon the others as of no value without them. In the same chapter... 