 | John Leland - 1764 - 426 pages
...61. r Ibid. Our noble author indeed frequently obferves, that truth cannot be hurt by ridicule, fince when the ridicule is wrong placed, it will not hold....honefty, and bears againft every thing contrary to " ith." It will be readily allowed, that truth and honefty cannot be thefubject of juft ridicule; but... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1789 - 342 pages
...dependents neglect him in ficknefs or in adverfity, when he has not power to hurt them. .Ridicule. Nothing is ridiculous but what is deformed : Nor is...proof againft raillery but what is handfome and juft. . ' Men make themfelves ridiculous, not fo much by the qualities they have, as by the affectation of... | |
 | 1829 - 838 pages
...ta raise a laugh from every thing ; and seeking, in every thing, what justly may be laughed at. For nothing is ridiculous but what is deformed ; nor is any thing proof .against raillery, but what is handsome and just. And therefore it is the hardest thing in the world,... | |
 | John Leland - 1837 - 784 pages
...Characteristics, p. 1 1, 12. f Ibid. vol. ip 61. t Ib'dv 1-2S. § Ibid. p. lift*. be hurt by ridicule, since, when the ridicule is wrong placed, it will not hold....ridiculous, but what is deformed, nor is any thing proof against raillery, but what is handsome and just ; this weapon therefore can never bear an edge against... | |
 | 1776 - 822 pages
...man. Even his dependents neglecl him in licknefs or in adverfity, when he has not power to hurt them. Nothing is ridiculous but what is deformed : Nor is any thing proof againft raillery but what is baodfomc and iuft. Меч Г, Ьп make themfelves ridiculous, not fo much by the qualities they have,... | |
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Money ftimulates avarice, does not fatisfy it. The mifer is a friend to none, but a bitter enemy to himfelf. 37 The avaricious man has no friend, becaufe he has no friendfhip for any man. Even his dependents neglect him in ficknefs or in adverfity, when... 