 | John Hawkins - 1787 - 636 pages
...or attainments, difregard the common maxims o * life, fhall be reminded, that nothing will fupply * the want of prudence, and that negligence and * irregularity long continued, will make knowledge * ufelefsj wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.' This celebrated eflay in biography was publifhed... | |
 | John Hawkins - 1787 - 632 pages
...capacities or attainments, difregard the common maxims of life, fhall be reminded, that nothing will fupply the want of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity long continued, will make knowledge ufelefs, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.' . This This celebrated eflay in biography was publifhed... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 332 pages
...capacities or attainments, difregard the common maxims of life, fhall be reminded, that nothing will fupply the want of prudence ; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge ufeJcfs, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible. SWIF T. SWIFT. AN Account of Dr. Swift has been already... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 pages
...or or attainments, difregard the common maxims of life, fhall be reminded, that nothing will fupply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge ufelefs, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible. END OF THE TENTH VOLUME. 3h » f• ' • ... | |
 | 1795 - 408 pages
...embarraffments in his domeftic affairs ; but he had no friend to remind him, " that nothing will fupply the want of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge ufelefs, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible." At what period of his life, Carolan commenced an... | |
 | Thomas James Mathias - 1797 - 208 pages
...attainments, disregard the *' common maxims of life, shall be reminded, that nothing mill su/t" .ply the want of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity^ " long continued, will make knowledge useless, -wit ridiculous, and " genius contemptible.'" Dr. Johnson's Life of Savage, at the conclusion. " Deign... | |
 | Thomas James Mathias - 1799 - 462 pages
...attainments, disregard the " common maxims of life, shall be reminded that nothing will su/iply *' the tuant of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity, " long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, tmd. " genius contemptible." Dr. Johnson's Life of Savage, at the conclusion. " Deign... | |
 | Thomas James Mathias - 1799 - 786 pages
...difregard the •' common maxims of life, fliall be reminded that nothing ivitt fup" ply the <xant of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity, " long continued, will make knowledge ufelefs, wit ridiculous, and, " genius contemptible" Dr. Johnfon's Life of Savage, at the conclufion.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...capacities or attainments, disregard the common maxims of life, shall be reminded, that nothing will supply the want of prudence ; and that negligence...irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and gi-nius contemptible. 3 O a SWIFT SWIFT. AN Account of Dr. Swift has been already... | |
 | Richard Savage - 1800 - 222 pages
...capacities or attainments, difregarded the common maxims of Ufe, fhall be reminded, that nothing will fupply the want of prudence ; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge ufelefs, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.* » In the foregoing life, we have adhered invariably... | |
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... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible. 
