 THERE is no talent so useful toward rising in the world, or which puts men more out of the reach of fortune, than that quality generally possessed by the dullest sort of men, and in common speech called discretion...  The Weekly Visitor - Page 2931810Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 486 pages
...FATES OF CLERGYMEN. rp 1 HERE is no talent so useful toward rising in the world, or which puts men more out of the reach of fortune, than that quality...by the assistance of which, people of the meanest intellectuals, without any other qualification, pass through the world in great tranquillity, and with... | |
 | John Wilkes - Great Britain - 1805 - 328 pages
...very well observes, 'There is no * talent so useful towards rising in the ' world, or which puts men more out of * the reach of fortune, than that quality '* generally possessed by the dullest sort ' of people, and is in common speech ' called discretion ; a species of lower pru' dence, by the assistance... | |
 | John Wilkes - Great Britain - 1805 - 324 pages
...very well observes, 'There is no ' talent so useful towards rising in the * world, or which puts men more out of * the reach of fortune, than that quality * generally possessed by the dullest sort ' cf people, and is in common speech * called discretion ; a species of lower pru* dcnce, by the assistance... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1807 - 406 pages
...Clergymen. " There is no talent so useful to" wards rising in the world, or which puts men more out of M the reach of fortune, than that quality generally possessed by * the dullest sort of people, and is, in common language, called " discretion ; a species of lower prudence, by the assistance... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 554 pages
...THE FATES OF CLERGYMEN. JL HERE is no talent so useful toward rising in the world, or which puts men more out of the reach of fortune, than that quality...generally possessed by the dullest sort of men, and in conimoii speech called discretion ; a species of lower prudence, by the assistance of which, people... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 468 pages
...THE FATES OF CLERGYMEN. J HERE is no talent so useful toward rising in the world, or which puts men more out of the reach of fortune, than that quality...by the assistance of which, people of the meanest intellectuals, without any other qualification, pass through the world in great tranquillity, and with... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1815 - 582 pages
...the Fates of Clergymen. ' There is no talent so useful towards rising in the world, or which puts men more out of the reach of fortune, than that quality generally possessed by the dullest sort of people, and is, in common language, called discre-tion : a species of lower prudence, by the assistance... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 538 pages
...Fates of Clergymen. " There is no " talent so useful towards rising in the world, or " which puts men more out of the reach of fortune, " than that quality generally possessed by the dullest " sort of people, and is, in common Language, called " Discretion ; a species of lower prudence, by the " assistance... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1820 - 388 pages
...manner, hy a careless multiplication of copulatives. towards rising in the world, or which puts men more out of the reach of fortune, than that quality generally possessed hy (he dullest sort of people, is, and in common language, called discretion ; a species of lower prudence,... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1826 - 320 pages
...the following sentence . " There is no ulent so useful towards rising in the world, or which puts men more out of the reach of fortune, than that quality generally possessed hy the dullest sort of people, and is, in common language, called dincretion ; a species of lower prudence,... | |
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