 | 1726 - 350 páginas
...if we look into particular CommuniHes and Divifions of Men, we may obferve that it is the Difcreet Man, not the Witty, nor the Learned, nor the Brave, who guides th* C*uConvcrfation, and givss Meafures to the Society! A Man with great Talents, but void of Difcretioo,... | |
 | 1739 - 336 páginas
...we look into parricular Communities and Divifions of • Men, we may obferve that it is the Difcreet Man, not the Witty, nor the Learned, nor the Brave, who guides the Conversation, and gives Meafures to the Society. A Man with great Talents, but void of Difcretion,... | |
 | 1778 - 350 páginas
...if we look into particular communities and divifions of men, -we may obferve that it is the difcreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave,...the fociety. A man with great talents, but void of difcretion, is like Polyphemus in the fable, ftrong and blind, endued with an irrefiftible force, which... | |
 | 1786 - 694 páginas
...and divilions of men, we may obferve that it is the difcreet man, not the witty, nor the lea»ned^ nor the brave, who guides the converfation, and gives...the fociety. A man with great talents, but void of difcretion, is like Polyphemus in the fable, ftrongand blind, endued with an. irrefiltible force, which... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 434 páginas
...if we look into particular communities and divifions of men, we may obferve that it is the difcreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave,...the fociety. A man with great talents, but void of difcretion, is like Polyphemus in the fable, ftrong and blind, endued with an irrclilliblc force, which... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1797 - 610 páginas
...if we look into particular communities and divifions of men, we may obferve that it is the difcreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave,...the fociety. A man with great talents, but void of difcretion, is like Polyphemus in the fable, ftrong E e and and blind, endued with an irrefiftible... | |
 | Mr. Addison - 1797 - 642 páginas
...if we look into particular communities and divifions of men, we may obferve that it is the difcreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave,...the fociety. A man with great talents, but void of difcretion, is like Polyphemus in the fable, ftrong and blind, endued with an irrefiftible force, which... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 páginas
...if we look into particular communities and divifions of men, we may obferve, that it is the difcreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave,...the fociety. A man with great talents, but void of difcretion, is like Polyphemus in the fable, ftrong and blind; endued with an irrefiftible force, which,... | |
 | 1800 - 490 páginas
...the witty, the learned, »or the brave, who guide the conversation, and give measures fo the society. A man with great talents, but void of discretion, is like Polyphemus in the fable, strong and blind, endued indeed with irresistible force, but which, for want of sight,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 338 páginas
...divifions of men, we may obferve that it is the difereet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brat, who guides the converfation and gives meafures to the fociety. A man with great talents, but void of difcretion, is like Polyphemus in the t'ble, ftrong and blind, endued with an irreliftible force, which... | |
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The discreet man finds out the talents of those he converses with, and knows how to apply them to proper uses. Accordingly, if we look into particular communities and divisions of men, we may observe that it is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the... 
