| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 460 páginas
...and unjustly " run down," published it, in order to put his critics to shame, with this motto from Swift : " When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this mark — that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." We remember another anecdote, which may... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 462 páginas
...and unjustly " run down," published it, in order to put his critics to shame, with this motto from Swift : " When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this mark — that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." We remember another anecdote, which may... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 640 páginas
...and unjustly " run down," published it, in order to put his critics to shame, with this motto from Swift : " When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this mark — that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." We remember another aneedote, which may... | |
| 1881 - 578 páginas
...thoughts are taken up with the actions, persons, and events we read, and we little regard the authors. oE D E^G $4F 5EG 8 Men who possess all the advantages of life are in a state where there are many accidents to disorder... | |
| Cornelius Brown - 1881 - 440 páginas
...probably more of truth than good manners, that 'when a true genius appears in the world, you may generally know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.' Politically this was remarkably illustrated in Disraeli's case, more particularly during his earlier... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1882 - 878 páginas
...and unjustly " run down," published it, in order to put his critics to shame, with this motto from Swift ; — " When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this mark — that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." We remember another anecdote, which may... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 488 páginas
...thoughts are taken up with the actions, persons, and events we read, and we little regard the authors. When a true genius appears in the world, you may know...that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Men who possess all the advantages of life, are in a state where there are many accidents to disorder... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 496 páginas
...thoughts are taken up with the actions, persons, and events we read, and we little regard the authors. When a true genius appears in the world, you may know...that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Men who possess all the advantages of life, are in a state where there are many accidents to disorder... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 494 páginas
...thoughts are taken up with the actions, persons, and events we read, and we little regard the authors. When a true genius appears in the world, you may know...that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Men who possess all the advantages of life, are in a state where there are many accidents to disorder... | |
| Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - 1883 - 502 páginas
...not be drawne by the eares, it must bee gently led, or rather, it must lead. Sidney. Def. 62. (A.) 2) When a true genius appears in the world, you may know...that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Swift. Var. Thoughts. 3) Junius begs me to believe , that he measures the integrity of men by their... | |
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