 | English instructor - 1801 - 272 pagine
...the other hand , nothing is more shocking and disgustful than presumption and impudence. We cannot like a man who is always commending and speaking well...himself , and who is the hero of his own story. On the coutrary, a man who endea144 THE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. vours to conceal his own merit ; who sets that... | |
 | 1803 - 268 pagine
...the other hand, nothing is more shocking and disgustful, than presumption and impudence. We cannot like a man who is always commending and speaking well...that of other people in its true light ; who speaks but little of himself, and with modesty : such a man makes a favourable impression upon the understanding... | |
 | 1809 - 338 pagine
...hand, nothing is more shocking and disgustful than presumption and impudence. We cannot be pleased with a man who is always commending and speaking well of himself, and who is the hero of his own story. But a man who endeavours to conceal his own merit; who sets that of other people in its true light;... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1827 - 420 pagine
...the other hand, nothing is more shocking and disgustful, than presumption and impudence. We cannot like a man who is always commending and speaking well...that of other people in its true light; who speaks but little of himself, and with modesty : such a man makes a favourable impression upon the understanding... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pagine
...on the other hand, nothing is more shocking and disgustful than presumption and impudence. We cannot like a man who is always commending and speaking well...that of other people in its true light; who speaks but little of himself, and with modesty; such a man makes a favourable impression upon the understanding... | |
 | Juvenile gleaner - 1840 - 230 pagine
...on the other hand, nothing is more shocking and disgustful than presumption and impudence. We cannot like a man who is always commending and speaking well...that of other people in its true light — who speaks but little of himself, and with modesty ; such a man makes a favourable impression upon the understanding... | |
 | William Lennox Lascelles Fitzgerald De Ros (23d baron) - 1851 - 594 pagine
...the other hand, nothing is more disgusting than presumption and impudence. We cannot be pleased with a man who is always commending and speaking well of himself, and who is the hero of his own story. But a man who never endeavours to display his own merit ; who sets that of other people in its true... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pagine
...on the other hand, nothing is more shocking and disgustful than presumption and impudence. We cannot like a man who is always commending and speaking well...that of other people in its true light, who speaks but little of himself, and with modesty; such a man makes a favourable impression upon the understanding... | |
 | William Lennox Lascelles Fitzgerald-de-Ros De Ros (23d baron) - 1857 - 458 pagine
...nothing is more offensive than presumption and impudence. We cannot be pleased with a man who is always speaking well of himself, and who' is the hero of -his own story. But a man who never endeavours to display his own merit ; who sets that of other people in its best,... | |
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Modesty is a very good quality, and which generally accompanies true merit: it engages and captivates the minds of people ; as, on the other hand, nothing is more shocking and disgustful than presumption and impudence. We cannot like a man who is always... 
