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" The talent of turning men into ridicule, and exposing to laughter those one converses with, is the qualification of little ungenerous tempers. A young man with this cast of mind cuts himself off from all manner of improvement. Every one has his flaws... "
The Spectator - Page 266
edited by - 1810
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Select British Classics, Volume 13

English literature - 1803 - 402 pages
...manner of improvement. Every one has his flaws and weakness ; nay, the greatest blemishes areoften found in the most shining characters : but what an...valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirm!-' ties ; to observe his imperfections more than his virtues ? and to make use of him for the...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...tempers. A young man with this cast of mind cuts himself off from all manner of improvement. Every' one has his flaws and weaknesses; nay, the greatest blemishes...most shining characters ; but what an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities ! to observe...
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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 296 pages
...manner of improvement. Every one has his flaws and weaknesses; nay, the greatest blemishes are ofteu found in the most shining characters; but what an...for our own improvement ? We therefore very often tind, that persons the most accomplished in ridicule are those who are very shrewd at hitting a blot,...
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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 294 pages
...tempers. A young man with this cast of mind cuts himself off from all manner of improvement. Every one has his flaws and weaknesses; nay, the greatest blemishes...man, and fix our attention on his infirmities ? to olH't \ e his imperfections more than his virtues ? and to make use of him for the sport of others,...
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The British Essayists, Volume 9

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 340 pages
...tempers. A young man with this cast tC^mind cuts himself off from all manner of improvemeLt. Every one has his flaws and weaknesses; nay, the greatest blemishes....characters; but what an absurd thing is it to pass ovtl sill the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on'his infirmities : to observe his imperfections...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index

Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...tempers. A young man with this cast of mind cuts himself off from all manner of improvement. Every one has his flaws and weaknesses; nay, the greatest blemishes...an absurd thing is it to pass over all the valuable parti of a man, and fix our attention on his -infirmities? to observe his imperfections more than hi»...
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The English and French Languages Compared in Their Grammatical Constructions ...

William Driverger - 1820 - 648 pages
...blemishes are often found in the most shining characters, tiut what an absurd thing is it to past over, the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities, to make use of him for the sport of others, rather than for our own improvement ! Next to the people who...
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The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index. The Eight Volumes Comprised ...

Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...tempers. A young man with this cast of mind cuts himself off from all manncrof improvement. Every one has his flaws and weaknesses ; nay, the greatest blemishes...of him for the sport of others, rather than for our improvement? We therefore very often find, that persons the most accomplished in ridicule are those...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 278 pages
...tempers. A young man with this cast of mind cuts himself off from all manner of improvement. Every one has his flaws and weaknesses ; nay, the greatest blemishes...observe his imperfections more than his virtues? and • Hobbes. to make use of him for the sport of others, rather than for our own improvement ? We therefore...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 426 pages
...tempers. A young man with this cast of mind cuts himself off from all manner of improvement. Every one has his flaws and weaknesses ; nay, the greatest blemishes...of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities 1 to '... his imperfection smorc than his virtues ? and to make use of him for the sport of others,...
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