 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
 | Lord William Pitt Lennox - 1876 - 346 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...wit, and flavour, and brightness, and laughter, and perfume to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to " charm his pained steps over the burning marl."... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 452 pages
...and a shining countenance. Genuine and innocent v.'it like this is surely the^ctwr of the •mind! Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support...life by tasteless food; but God has given us wit, and flavor, and laughter, and perfumes, to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to " charm his painful... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 pages
...heart and a shining countenance. Genuine and innocent wit like this is surely the flavor of the mind ! Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support...by tasteless food ; but God has given us wit, and flavor, and laughter, and perfumes, to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to " charm his painful... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1877 - 392 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 the days of man's pilgrimage, and to 'charm, hia pained steps over the burning marie.''' — Sydney Smith. IV. HUMOR. Humor is, in many respects,... | |
 | James L. Crane - 1877 - 562 pages
...laughed can be altogether irreclaimably depraved." — Carlyle. "God has given us wit, and flavor, and brightness, and laughter, and perfumes, to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage." — Sidney Smith. " Did you read ' Vindex,' John ? " said Mr. Wesley, referring to a humorous passage... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1878 - 978 pages
...way by plain reason and support his life by tasteless food ; hut God 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 marl." " I am persuaded," says Lawrence Sterne, "that every time a man smiles —... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1878 - 280 pages
...passages : Radical-Discrete, to begin: Genuine-and-innocent-wit is the salt and flavour of the mind. Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food : [end with equableconcrete from this point] but God has given us wit and flavour and brightness, to... | |
 | 1878 - 732 pages
...withal, and wit, and brightness, and laughter, and flowers, and innumerable unnecessary delights " to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to charm his pained steps over the burning marl." Quite as many cruel and indelicate expressions are uttered by men who have... | |
 | William Francis Ainsworth - 1878 - 738 pages
...withal, and wit, and brightness, and laughter, and flowers, and innumerable unnecessary delights " to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to charm his pained steps over the burning marl." Quite as many cruel and indelicate expressions are uttered by men who have... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1878 - 260 pages
...Radical-Discrete, to begin : Genuine-and-innocent-wit is the salt and flavour of the mind. Man ctniU direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food : [end with equahlecimcrete frtrm this f/tnnt] but God has given us wit and flavour and brightness,... | |
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