Now the best way in the world for a man to seem to be any thing is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it ; and if a man have it not, it is ten to... The Enquirer - Strona 367autor: William Godwin - 1823 - Liczba stron: 411Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| Joseph Addison - 1842 - Liczba stron: 944
...be what he would seem to be. Besides that, it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence d are lost.' In another part of the same discourse he goes on to show, that all artifice must naturally... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1845 - Liczba stron: 404
...be what we would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it ; and if a man have...and then all his pains and labour to seem to have it are lost. There is something unnatural in painting, which a skilful eye will easily discern from native... | |
| John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - Liczba stron: 464
...really-to-be what he would we'm-to-be. Besi' des, it is often as troublesome to support the pretence of a good qu'ality, as to have' it ; and, if a man have it not, it is most likely he will be discovered to waAnt it, and the'n/ all his la'bour/ to *e'em-fo-have-it, is... | |
| Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - Liczba stron: 524
...really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, it is often as troublesome to support the pretence of a good quality as to have it ; and if a man have it not, it is most likely he will be discovered to want it, and then all his labour to seem to have it is lost. There... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - Liczba stron: 616
...be what we would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it; and if a man have...and then all his pains and labour to seem to have it are lost. There is something unnatural in painting, which a skillful eye will easily discern from native... | |
| Arethusa Hall - 1851 - Liczba stron: 422
...be what we would seem to be. Besides that, it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality as to have it; and if a man have it not, it is ten to one that he is discovered to want it, and then all his pains and labor, to seem to have it, are lost. There... | |
| Adolph Heimann - 1851 - Liczba stron: 316
...really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, it is often as troublesome to support the pretence of a good quality as to have it ; and if a man have it not, it is most likely he will be discovered to want it, and then all his labour to seem to have it is lost. There... | |
| Spectator The - 1853 - Liczba stron: 596
...be what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it; and if a man have...then all his pains and labour to seem to have it, are lost.' In another part of the same discourse he goes on to show, that all artifice must naturally... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1853 - Liczba stron: 766
...be what we would seem to be. Besides that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality as to have it ; and if a man have...and then all his pains and labour to seem to have it are lost. There is something unnatural in painting, which a skilful eye will easily discern from native... | |
| 1853 - Liczba stron: 524
...be what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it; and if a man have...then all his pains and labour to seem to have it, are lost." In another part of the same discourse he goes on to shew, that all artifice must naturally... | |
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