 | Augustine Birrell - 1910 - 344 σελίδες
...deaf. . . . One ' sport the merry malice of these beings has found ' means of enjoying, to which we have nothing equal ' or similar. They now and then...' proud of his parts, and flattered either by the sub' mission of those who court his kindness, or the notice ' of those who suffer him to court theirs.... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1923 - 430 σελίδες
...and deaf. . . . One sport the merry malice of these beings has found means of enjoying, to which we have nothing equal or similar. They now and then catch...with idle notions, till, in time, they make their plaything an author; their first diversion commonly begins with an ode or an epistle, then rises perhaps... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1923 - 430 σελίδες
...and deaf. . . . One sport the merry malice of these beings has found means of enjoying, to which we have nothing equal or similar. They now and then catch...with idle notions, till, in time, they make their plaything an author; their first diversion commonly begins with an ode or an epistle, then rises perhaps... | |
 | Francis McDougall Charlewood Turner - 1926 - 128 σελίδες
...and deaf. . . . One sport the merry malice of these beings has found means of enjoying, to which we have nothing equal or similar. They now and then catch...fill with idle notions till, in time, they make their plaything an author; their first diversion commonly begins with an ode or an epistle, then rises perhaps... | |
 | 1926 - 916 σελίδες
...Johnson's comment : "One sport the merry malice of these beings has found means of enjoying, to which we have nothing equal or similar. They now and then catch...theirs. A head thus prepared for the reception of vain designs, they easily fill with idle notions, till in time they make their plaything an authour:... | |
 | Christopher Hollis - 1928 - 240 σελίδες
...exhibited together. " One sport the merry malice of these beings has found means of enjoying to which we have nothing equal or similar. They now and then catch...prepared for the reception of false opinions and the projections of vain designs, they easily fill with idle notions till in time they make their plaything... | |
 | 1885 - 860 σελίδες
...and deaf. . . . One sport the merry malice of these beings has found means of enjoying, to which we have nothing equal or similar. They now and then catch...with idle notions, till, in time, they make their plaything an author ; their first diversion commonly begins with an ode or an epistle, then rises perhaps... | |
 | 1927 - 924 σελίδες
...Johnson's comment : "One sport the merry malice of these beings has found means of enjoying, to which we have nothing equal or similar. They now and then catch...theirs. A head thus prepared for the reception of vain designs, they easily fill with idle notions, till in time they make their plaything an authour:... | |
 | Brian Hanley - 2001 - 308 σελίδες
...claiming that it brings pleasure to higher life forms. These same "beings," Johnson says in response, now and then catch a mortal, proud of his parts, and...vain designs, they easily fill with idle notions. ... Then begins the poor animal to entangle himself in sophisms, and flounder in absurdity, to talk... | |
 | University of Chicago Press - 2003 - 314 σελίδες
...exhibited together. One sport the merry malice of these beings has found means of enjoying, to which we have nothing equal or similar. They now and then catch...with idle notions, till, in time, they make their play thing -an author ; their first diversion commonly begins with an ode or an epistle, then rises,... | |
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One sport the merry malice of these beings has found means of enjoying, to which we have nothing equal or similar. They now and then catch a mortal proud of his parts, and flattered either by the submission of those who court his kindness, or the notice... 
