 | James Comper Gray - 1878 - 402 страници
...aims, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed : discretion has large and extended views, and, like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon....distance. Discretion, the more it is discovered, gives a greater authority to the person who possesses it : cunning, when it is once detected, loses its force,... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1878 - 444 страници
...selfish aims, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed. Discretion has large and extended views, and, like a wellformed eye, commands a whole horizon. Cunning is a kind of short-sightedness, which discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1878 - 368 страници
...there be found in life any greater curse sightedness that discovers tho minutest objects which aro near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance. Discretion, tho more it is discovered, gives a greater authority to tho person who possesses it. Cunning, when... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1879 - 250 страници
...selfish aims, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed. Discretion has large and extended views, and like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon...distance. Discretion, the more it is discovered, gives a greater authority to the person who possesses it: cunning, when it is once detected, loses its force,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 страници
...selfish aims, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed. Discretion has large and extended views, > ؆> > ADDISON : Spectator, No. 225. Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the... | |
 | George Crabb - 1882 - 876 страници
...excellent wit to find out some good cause and use of this evil inclination (the love of boys). WALSH. Cunning Is a kind of short-sightedness that discovers...hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance. ADDISON. To espy is a species of finding out, namely, to find out what is very secluded or retired... | |
 | George Crabb - 1882 - 876 страници
...boys). WALSU. Cunning is a kind of short-sightedness that tlteeorern the minutest objects which arc near at hand, but Is not able to discern things at a dis' ice. ADDISON. To espy is a species of finding out, namely, to find out what is very secluded or... | |
 | Truths - 1885 - 572 страници
...aims, and sticks at \J nothing which may make them succeed. Discretion has large and extended views, and, like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon...which are near at hand, but is not able to discern tiiings at a distance. Discretion, the more it is discovered, gives a greater authority to the person... | |
 | 1888 - 102 страници
...has large and extended views; and like a well formed eye, commands a whole horizon; cunning is a sort of short-sightedness, that discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand, but is not able to discover things at a distance. Discretion, the more it is discovered, gives greater authority to the... | |
 | J. Y. Sargent - 1889 - 196 страници
...selfish aims, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed. Discretion has large and extended views, and like a wellformed eye, commands a whole horizon....distance. Discretion, the more it is discovered, gives a greater authority to the person who possesses it. Cunning, when it is once detected, loses its force,... | |
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Discretion has large and extended views, and like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon. Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness, that discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance. 
