 The talent of turning men into ridicule, and exposing to laughter those one converses with, is the qualification of little ungenerous tempers. A young man with this cast of mind cuts himself off from all manner of improvement. Every one has his flaws...  The Spectator - Page 386edited by - 1898Full view - About this book
 | 1786 - 694 pages
...that the to obfcrve- bis imperfeiUons more tlian bis virtues ! and to make ufe of him for the (port of others, rather than for our own improvement! We therefore very often find, that pevfons ihe mort accompliflieil in ridicule are thofe who are very fhrewd at hitting a blot, without... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 402 pages
...manner of improvement. Every one has his flaws and weakness ; nay, the greatest blemishes areoften found in the most shining characters : but what an...valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirm!-' ties ; to observe his imperfections more than his virtues ? and to make use of him for the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...from all manner of improvement. Every' one has his flaws and weaknesses; nay, the greatest blemishes are often found in the most shining characters ; but what an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities ! to observe... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 296 pages
...manner of improvement. Every one has his flaws and weaknesses; nay, the greatest blemishes are ofteu found in the most shining characters; but what an...for our own improvement ? We therefore very often tind, that persons the most accomplished in ridicule are those who are very shrewd at hitting a blot,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 294 pages
...from all manner of improvement. Every one has his flaws and weaknesses; nay, the greatest blemishes are often found in the most shining 'characters; but...man, and fix our attention on his infirmities ? to olH't \ e his imperfections more than his virtues ? and to make use of him for the sport of others,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 340 pages
...from all manner of improvemeLt. Every one has his flaws and weaknesses; nay, the greatest blemishes are often found in the most shining .characters; but what an absurd thing is it to pass ovtl sill the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on'his infirmities : to observe his imperfections... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 pages
...from all manner of improvement. Every one has his flaws and weaknesses ; nay, the greatest blemishes are often found in the most shining characters; but...our own improvement ? We therefore very often find, that persons the most accomplished in ridicule, are those who are very shrewd at hitting a blot, without... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...from all manner of improvement. Every one has his flaws and weaknesses; nay, the greatest blemishes are often found in the most shining characters; but...an absurd thing is it to pass over all the valuable parti of a man, and fix our attention on his -infirmities? to observe his imperfections more than hi»... | |
 | William Driverger - 1820 - 648 pages
...blemishes are often found in the most shining characters, tiut what an absurd thing is it to past over, the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities, to make use of him for the sport of others, rather than for our own improvement ! Next to the people who... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...from all manncrof improvement. Every one has his flaws and weaknesses ; nay, the greatest blemishes of October. The prize which is proposed to be grinned for, improvement? We therefore very often find, that persons the most accomplished in ridicule are those... | |
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