 | Charles Palmer (Deputy Serjeant of the House of Commons.) - 1748 - 342 sider
...lie obferves in other men ; the wife man confiders what he wants, and the fool what he abounds in ; the wife man is happy when he gains his own approbation,...fool when he recommends himfelf to the applaufe of thofc about him. 568. it is an eafy matter to impofe, where there is a previous propenfion to be deceived.... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1762 - 478 sider
...98. It iliould be, Than the male part. {" The wife man is happy when he gains his own approbation ; the fool when he recommends himfelf to the applaufe of thofe about him. Ibid. N° 73. Better : The wife man is happy when he gains his own approbation ; the fool when he gains... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1762 - 480 sider
...'-. •. • -:• ^v •*-- ' j - • •*.. The wife man is happy when he gains hb approbation ; the fool when he recommends himfelf to the applaufe of thofe about him»j.lit.LA Ibid. 0 . . • *. Better : m T 'ii -'i. ' "Jj Lli'O^T The w»ie man is happy when he... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1765 - 578 sider
...following are examples of the fame kind. The wife man is happy when he gains his own approbation ; the fool when he recommends himfelf to the applaufe of thofe about him. Rid. N° 73. Better : • The wife man is happy when he gains his own approbation ; the fool when he... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1777 - 348 sider
...to tally more nearly with the former : " The wife man is happy when he gains his own approba" tion ; the fool, when he recommends himfelf to the applaufe ** of thofe about him." Very often, indeed, writers plainly ftudy to vary the form of expreffion in two correfponding members... | |
 | 1787 - 430 sider
...which he obferves ia others. The wife man confiders what he wants ; and the fool, what he abounds in. The wife man is happy when he gains his own approbation...recommends himfelf to the applaufe of thofe about him. NO knowledge, which terminates in curiofity and fpeculation, is comparable to that which is of ufe... | |
 | Collection - 1788 - 384 sider
...he obferves in other men . The wife man confiders what he wants, and the foci what he abounds in . The wife man is happy when he .gains his own approbation , and the fool when be recommends himfelf to the applaufe of thofe about him. But however unreafonable and abfurd this... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1788 - 590 sider
...following are examples of the fame kind. The wife man is happy when he gains his own approbation ; the fool when he recommends himfelf to the applaufe of thofe about him. Ibid. N° 73. Better : The wife man is happy when he gains his own approbation ; the fool when he gains... | |
 | 1789 - 508 sider
...which he obferves in other men. The wife man confiders what he wants, and the fool what he abounds in. The wife man is happy when he gains his own approbation,...recommends himfelf to the applaufe of thofe about him. But however unreafonable and abfurd this paffion for admiration may appear in fuch a creature as man,... | |
 | William Scott - 1789 - 416 sider
...which he ubfervis in others. The wile man coniiders what he wants ; and the fool what he abounds in. The wife man is happy, when he gains his own approbation...recommends himfelf to the applaufe of thofe about hini. Sfifittar. 7. Where opportunities of exercife are wanting, temperance may in a great mesfure... | |
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The wise man considers what he wants, and the fool what he abounds in. The wise man is happy when he gains his own approbation, and the fool when he recommends himself to the applause of those about him. 
