 ... are the best intelligencers in the world for our purpose : they dare not puzzle us for their own sakes, for every one is anxious to hear what they wish to believe ; and they who repeat it, to laugh at it when they have done, are generally more serious...  The Miscellaneous Works of Henry Mackenzie - Page 24by Henry Mackenzie - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Hans Schwarz - 1911 - 166 pages
...gleaned among servants and neighbours; and indeed people themselves are the best intelligencers in the world for our purpose: they dare not puzzle us...every one is anxious to hear what they wish to believe " (l, 35). Der Bettler in der " Sentimental Journey'' verfährt nach dem gleichen Rezept. Weigert sich... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1921 - 506 pages
...gleaned from among servants and neighbors; and, indeed, people themselves are the best intelligencers in the world for our purpose. They dare not puzzle us for their own sakes, for everyone is anxious to hear what he wishes to believe ; and they who repeat it, to laugh at it when... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - Benevolence - 1800 - 208 pages
...gleaned among servants and neighbours ; and indeed people themselves are the best intelligencers in the world for our purpose : they dare not puzzle us...and some share of cunning, with the help of walking a-nighti over heaths and church-yards, with this, and shewing the tricks of that there dog, whom I... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 466 pages
...gleaned from among servants and neighbors'; and indeed, people themselves. are the best intelligencers in the world for our purpose. They dare not puzzle us for their owii* sakes, for every one is anxious to hear what they wish to believe ; and they who repeat it, to... | |
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