 It is the open eye, the quick ear, the judging taste, the keen smell, and the lively touch; it is the interpreter of all riddles, the surmotinter of all difficulties, the remover of all obstacles.  New Monthly Belle Assemblée - Page 961836Full view - About this book
 | New York (N.Y.) - 1839 - 226 pages
...Talent is something, but tact is every thing. Talent is serious, sober, grave and respectable; tact is all that, and more too. It is not a seventh sense,...judging taste, the keen smell, and the lively touch, interpreter of all riddles—the surmounter of all difficulties —the remover of all obstacles. It... | |
 | David Holt - Educational literature - 1839 - 304 pages
...talent is serious, sober, grave, and respectable ; tact is all that, and more too ; it is not a sixth sense, but it is the life of all the five : it is...the quick ear, the judging taste, the keen smell, the lively touch ; it is the interpreter of all riddles, the surmounter of all difficulties, the remover... | |
 | 1844 - 1128 pages
...TALENT. TALENT is something — Tact is everything. Talent is sober, grave, and respectable ; Tact is all that and more too ; it Is not a seventh sense, bat it is the life of all the five ; it is the open eye, the quick ear, the judging taste, the keen... | |
 | English literature - 1847 - 884 pages
...TALENT. TALENT is something, but not every thing. Talent is serious, sober, grave, and respectable. Tact is all that and more too; it is not a seventh sense,...lively touch; it is the interpreter of all riddles, the surmonnter of all difficulties, the remover of all obstacles. It is useful in all places and at all... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1848 - 684 pages
...serious, sober, grave, and respected ; tact is all that, and more too. It is not a sixth sense, but the life of all the five. It is the open eye, the quick car, the judging taste, tlie keen smell, and the lively touch. It is the interpreter of all riddles,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 432 pages
...serious, sober, grave, and respectable ; tact is all that and more too. It is not a sixth sense, hut it is the life of all the five. It is the open eye,...touch ; it is the interpreter of all riddles — the sttrmounter of all difficulties — the remover of all obstacles. It is useful in all places, and at... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - Orators - 1849 - 612 pages
...Talent is serious, sober, grave and respectable ; tact is all that, and more too. It is not a sixth sense, but it is the life of all the five. It is the...judging taste, the keen smell, and the lively touch ; the interpreter of all riddles, the surmounter of all difficulties, the remover of all obstacles.... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - Orators - 1849 - 514 pages
...Talent is serious, sober, grave and respectable ; tact is all that, and more too. It is not a sixth sense, but it is the life of all the five. It is the open eye, the quick car, the judging taste, the keen smell, and the lively touch ; the interpreter of all riddles, the... | |
 | Education - 1854 - 424 pages
...Talent is something, but Tact is every thing. Talent is serious, sober, grave and respectable ; tact is all that, and more too. It is not a seventh sense,...judging taste, the keen smell, and the lively touch ; the interpreter of all riddles, the surmounter of all difficulties, the remover of all obstacles.... | |
 | Horace Smith - English wit and humor - 1859 - 282 pages
...TACT—Talent is something, but tact is every thing. Talent is serious, sober, grave, and respectable; tact is all that, and more too. It is not a seventh sense, but is the life of all the five. It is the open eye, the quick ear, the judging taste, the keen smell,... | |
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