 Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food; but God has given us wit, and flavour, and brightness, and laughter, and perfumes, to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to " charm his pained steps over the burning...  Maxims of the Wise and Good - Page 39by Maxims - 1876 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1895 - 344 pages
...charming even the pangs of grief. Genuine innocent wit like this is surely the flavor of the mind. Man could direct his ways by plain reason and support his life by tasteless food ; but God l.as given us wit and flavor and brightness and laughter and perfumes to enliven the days of man's... | |
 | Henry Attwell - 1870 - 314 pages
...Genuine and innocent wit like this is surely the flavour of the mind. Man could not direct his way by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food; but God lias given us wit, and flavour, and brightness, and laughter and perfumes, to enliven the days of man's... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pages
...heart and a shining countenance. Genuine and innocent wit like this is surely the flavour of the mind! Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support...food ; but God has given us wit, and flavour, and laughter, and perfumes, to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to "charm his painted steps over... | |
 | Young men's Catholic assoc - 1873 - 302 pages
...and innocent wit," like this, " is surely," as Sydney Smith himself said, " the flavour of the mind. Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support...man's pilgrimage, and to ' charm his pained steps over the burning marie.'" Sydney Smith was not without clerical friends whose humour often provoked... | |
 | 1874 - 858 pages
...and a shining countenance. Genuine and innocent •wit like this is surely the flavour of the mind ! Man could direct his ways by plain reason and support...perfumes, to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to support uneasy steps over the burning ..marie." The wit of the subject of the present paper could hardly... | |
 | 1874 - 648 pages
...Man could direct his ways by plain reason and tasteless food ; but Gotl has given us wit and flavor and brightness and laughter and perfumes, to enliven...of man's pilgrimage and to charm his pained steps over the burning waste. ADVICE TO THE TEMPERANCE SENSATIONALISTS. GIVE up the nasal tone ; give up... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1874 - 412 pages
...ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food; but God has given us wit, and flavor, and brightness, and laughter, and perfumes, to enliven...days of man's pilgrimage, and to ' charm his pained ateps over the burning marie. ' " — Sydney Smith. IV. HUMOR. Humor is, in many respects, like wit.... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 pages
...heart and a shining countenance. Genuine and innocent v.it like this is surely the /few of the mind! Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food; but GoJ has given us wit, and flavor, and laughter, and perfumes, to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage,... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 860 pages
...delightful part of our nature. Genuine and innocent wit like this is surely the flavour of the mind. music swell the breeze ; Soon, issuing forth, shall glitter through over the burning marl. Difficulty of Gcruerning a Nation. It would seem that the science of government... | |
 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal, Théodore Karcher - 1876 - 312 pages
...heart and shining countenance. Genuine and innocent wit like this is surely the flavour of the mind! Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support...man's pilgrimage, and to ' charm his pained steps over the burning marie.' — Sydney Smith. 37. FIELD SPORTS AND AGRICULTURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES. The... | |
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