... have subsided. The wretch who, after having seen the consequences of a thousand errors, continues still to blunder, and whose age has only added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely the object either of abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his... Time's Telescope - Pagina 601830Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Vicesimus Knox - 1805 - 320 pagina’s
...thousand errors, continues to blunder, and whose age has only added ob•tinacy to stupidity, is surely an object either of abhorrence or contempt, and deserves...that his grey hairs should secure him from insult."* " Innovation, Madam, is a term used by the indolent and artful merely as a bugbear. Dismiss it, and... | |
| John Sabine - 1810 - 308 pagina’s
...contemptible, if the opportunities which it brings have • passed away -without improvement, and vice appears to prevail, when the passions have subsided. The wretch...added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely the object of either abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his grey hairs should secure him from insult.... | |
| John Almon - 1810 - 474 pagina’s
...contemptible, if the opportunities which .it brings have past away without improvement, and vice appears to prevail when the passions have subsided. The wretch...added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely the object of either abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not .that his grey head should secure him from insults.... | |
| John Almon - 1810 - 470 pagina’s
...contemptible, if the opportunities which it brings have past away without improvement, and vice appears to prevail when the passions have subsided. The wretch...added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely the object of either abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his grey head should secure him from insults.... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1810 - 578 pagina’s
...reproach; but " he affirmed, that the wretch, who after having seen the " consequences of repeated errors, continues still to blunder, " and whose age...added obstinacy to stupidity, is " surely the object of either abhorence or contempt, and " deserves not that his grey head should secure him from " insults... | |
| David Hume - 1810 - 582 pagina’s
...reproach; but " he affirmed, that the wretch, who after having seen the " consequences of repeated errors, continues still to blunder, " and whose age...added obstinacy to stupidity, is " surely the object of either abhorence or contempt, and " deserves not that his grey head should secure him from " insults... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1810 - 590 pagina’s
...reproach; but " he affirmed, that the wretch, who after having seen the " consequences of repeated errors, continues still to blunder, " and whose age...added obstinacy to stupidity, is " surely the object of either abhorence or contempt, and " deserves not that his grey head should secure him from ". insults... | |
| Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pagina’s
...contemptible, if the opportunities which it brings have past away without improvement, and vice appears to prevail, when the passions have subsided. The wretch who, after having seen theconsequences of a thousand errors, continues still tcr blunder, and whose age has only added obstinacy... | |
| William Cobbett - 1812 - 752 pagina’s
...without improvement, and vice appears to prevail when the passions have subsided. The wretch that, after having seen the consequences of a thousand errors,...added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely the object of either abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his grey head should secure him from insults.*... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 540 pagina’s
...reproach ; but I will affirm, that Cut: wretch who, after having seen the consequences of repeated errors, continues still to blunder, and whose age...added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely the object of either abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his grey head should secure him from insults.... | |
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