 | 1806 - 576 pages
...capacities or attainments disregard the common maxims of life, should be reminded, that nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and...irregularity long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.' The correspondence between DermodyandSir James Bland Burgess... | |
 | Thomas James Mathias - 1808 - 682 pages
...capacities or attainments, disregard " the common maxims of life, shall be reminded that nothing " Kill supply the want of prudence, and that negligence and...irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, " wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible." " Deign on the passing world to cast thine eyes, " And... | |
 | 1808 - 742 pages
...superior capacities or attainments, disregarded the common maxims of life, and evinced that nothing will supply the • want of prudence ; and that negligence...irregularity long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible." Elliston gave the character its full effect, insomuch that... | |
 | Thomas James Mathias - 1808 - 684 pages
...attainments, disregard " the common maxims of life, shall be reminded that nothing " Kill supply the vaunt of prudence, and that negligence and " irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, " sit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.'" " Deign on the passing world to cast thine eyes, " And... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 pages
...capacities or attainments, disregarded 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 genius contemptible. SWIFT. AN account of Dr. Swift has been already collected,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 562 pages
...capacities or attainments, disregarded the common maxims of life, sliall be reminded, that nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and...irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible. TO TUB RI'HIT HONOUR ABLE JOHN LORD VISCOUNT TYRCONNEL, Uaron... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 pages
...capacities or attainments, disregarded 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 genius contemptible. END OF THE TENTH VOLUME. JANE AITKEN, PRINTER, S». 71, N.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 380 pages
...capacities or attainments, disregarded 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 genius contemptible. END OF THE TENTH VOLUME. JANE AITKEN, TRINTER, .--c. 71, N.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 544 pages
...talents, and adding another testimony to the truth of Dr. Johnson's observation, '< that nothing will supply the want of prudence ; and that negligence...irregularity long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible."i DELAMET (ADRIAN AUGUSTIN DE Bussi), a learned doctor of... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 542 pages
...talents, and adding another testimony to the truth of Dr, Johnson's observation, " that nothing will supply the want of prudence ; and that negligence...irregularity long Continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible." 1 » E»rop. Mag. 1797.—NichpU's Poems, YOl. VII. p. 267,... | |
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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. 
