 | Thomas James Mathias - 1799 - 462 pages
...life, as obvious perhaps, and as little attended to. The fentence is v this.- " // is an uncontrolled truth, that NO MAN EVER MADE AH ILL FIGURE, WHO UNDERSTOOD HIS OWN TALENTS, NOR A ffOOD ONE,. WHO MISTOOK THEM." END OF THE THIRD DIALOGUE, THE PURSUITS OF LITERATURE. DIALOGUE THE... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 518 pages
...with books of amusement in your own language. It is an uncontrolled tftrth, that no- man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them. I am, FROM LADY BETTY GERMAIN JCNK 5, 1731. 1 FANCY you have comforted yourself a long time with the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 536 pages
...with books of amusement in your own language. It is an uncontrolled truth, that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them. I am, &c. FROM LADY BETTY GERMAIN JUNE 5, 1731. A FANCY you have comforted yourself a long time with... | |
 | 1843 - 632 pages
...distinctions which were unattainable. ' it is an uncontrolled truth,' says Swift, ' that no man ever ' made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good ' one who mistook them.' Every day brings with it fresh illustrations of this weighty saying; but the best commentary that we... | |
 | George Horne - 1808 - 320 pages
...miserable or ridiculous. " It is " an uncontrolled truth," says Swift, " that no man " ever made an ill figure who understood his own " talents, nor a good one who mistook them."— See Ascham, p. 166. 3. The schemes of worldly politicians are so many spiders' webs, which, when woven... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 482 pages
...with books of amusement in your own language. It is an uncontrolled truth, that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them. I am, &c. JON. SWIFT. FROM LADY BETTY GERMAIN. June 5, 1731. I FANCY you have comforted yourself a... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 486 pages
...books of amusement in your own ••language. It is an uncontrolled truth, that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them. I am, &c. JON. SWIFT. FROM LADY BETTY GERMAIN. June 5, 1731. I FANCY you have comforted yourself a... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 570 pages
...miserable or ridiculous. " It is " an uncontrolled truth," says Swift, '• that no man " ever made an ill figure who understood his own " talents, nor a good one who mistook them." — See Ascham, p. 166". 3. The schemes of worldly politicians are so many spiders' webs, which, when... | |
 | 1843 - 640 pages
...able to do greater present good. Swift observes it as an uncontrolled truth, that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them; and it is, we think, one of the chief distinctions of the English journalist, that he both understands... | |
 | 1843 - 678 pages
...will have. •Self-Esteem. — " It is an uncontrollable truth," says Swift, "that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them." That is, self-esteem must be on a par with the other organs, neither too great nor too small, so says... | |
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It is an uncontrolled truth," says Swift, " that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them. 
