 | John White - 1850 - 192 σελίδες
...clauses of sentences are constructed alike, an Ellipsis frequently occurs in all those after the first. Negligence and irregularity, long continued, will...useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible. It is owing to our having imbibed false notions of virtue, that the word Christian does not carry with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1851 - 360 σελίδες
...in consequence of superior capacities and attainments, disregard the common maxims of life, ought to be reminded, that nothing will supply the want of...useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible. Life of Savage. Imprisonment. It is not so dreadful in a high spirit to be imprisoned, as it is desirable... | |
 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - 1851 - 794 σελίδες
...item in this — at least, so far as I am concerned. It is observed by Dr. Johnson "that nothing can supply the want of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will render knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible." This sententious apothegm is thrown... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1853 - 336 σελίδες
...in consequence c superior aapacities and attainments, disregard the common maxims of life, ought to be reminded, that nothing will supply the want of...useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible. Ufe of Savage. Imprisonment. It is not so dreadful in a high spirit to be imprisoned, as it is desirable... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1872 - 740 σελίδες
...narrative, though he sometimes appears to be playing with the subject; while the moral that ends the story, "that nothing will supply the want of prudence, and...useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible," loses none of its force by the fairness, indulgent sympathy and good, humor of the narrative on which... | |
 | Lady Wood - 1872 - 348 σελίδες
...to do so. So true it is, that ' nothing will supply the want of prudence,' as a great man has said, and that ' negligence and irregularity long continued...useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.' " " Perhaps Sir Jaspar Reed will be more prudent when he is married to an excellent girl whom he loves,"... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1873 - 964 σελίδες
...He told Savage's sad tale with the kindliness of a true nature, while he drew from it the lesson " that nothing will supply the want of prudence; and...useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible." 50. In 1745, Johnson, aged thirty-six, published Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Hamlet,... | |
 | Joseph Simms - 1873 - 262 σελίδες
...cannot gild, and acclamation cannot exhilarate." Nothing in life will supply the want of this virtue; negligence and irregularity, long continued, will...useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible. B. To RESTRAIN PROVIDENTNESS: — Jump at conclusions; trust to Mra Fortune for food, clothing and... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 482 σελίδες
...who, in confidence of superior capacities or attainments, disregarded the common maxims of life, shall be reminded that nothing will supply the want of prudence...useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible." Could anything be fairer or kindlier than this? Altogether, this strange fellowship between two men... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 σελίδες
...who, in confidence of superior capacities or attainments, disregarded the common maxims of life, shall be reminded that nothing will supply the want of prudence;...useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible." Could anything be fairer or kindlier than this? Altogether, this strange fellowship between two men... | |
| |
... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible. 
