 | Jonathan Swift - 1711 - 440 pages
...with the Actions, Perfons, and Events we Read, and we little regard th£ Authors. WHEN a true Genius appears in the World, you may know him by this Sign, that the Dunces are all in Confederacy again ft him. MEN who poflefs all the Advantages of Life, are in a State where there are many Accidents... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1735 - 374 pages
...him by this infallible Sign ; that the Dunces are all in Confederacy againft him. MEN, who pollefs all the Advantages of Life, are in a State where there are many Accidents to diforder and difcompofe, but few to pleafe them. IT is unwife to punifh Cowards with Ignominy ; for... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1752 - 356 pages
...know him by this infallible Sign ; that the Dunces are all in Confederacy again ft him. MEN whopoflefs all the Advantages of Life, are in a State where there are many Accidents to difbrder and difcompofe, but few to pleafe them. IT is unwife to punifh Cowards with Ignominy ; for... | |
 | Index - 1754 - 180 pages
...TheConftaucy of the Wife is oaly the Art of keeping their Perturbations tothemfelves. • When a true Genius appears in the World, you may know him by this Sign, that the Dunces are all in Confederacy againft him. f)/ WEALTH and HONOUR. THE Situation of the Rich differs nor confideratily from that of... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 486 pages
...with the actions, persons, and events we read, and we little regard the authors. When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign»...to disorder and discompose, but few to please them. : •.. . T It is unwise to punish cowards with ignominy ; for if they had regarded that, they would... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 496 pages
...with the actions, persons, and events we read, and we little regard the authors. When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign,...life, are in a state where there are many accidents to dis* order and discompose, but few to please them. It is unwise to punish cowards with ignominy; for... | |
 | Thomas Murray - 1822 - 402 pages
...the honour of it. This is exactly my situation !" The other is from Dean Swift : " Wh|na true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign—...that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." Nor did these works, voluminous as they are, engross all his time and attention. He was long employed... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1823 - 342 pages
...with the actions, persons, and events we read, and we little regard the authors. When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign,...unwise to punish cowards with ignominy, for, if they regarded that, they would not have been cowards : death is their proper punishment, became they fear... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 pages
...Clarendon. No more, dear mother : ill in death it shows, Your peace of mind by rage to discompose. Dryden. Men who possess all the advantages of life, are in...to disorder and discompose, but few to please them. Swift. DISCONCERT,», a. Dis and concert. To unsettle ; discompose ; disturb a scheme. You need not... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...memory than you received from them. Dry den — To the Duke of Ormond. DCCCCXXX. When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign,...that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. — Swift. DCCCCXXXI. Scandal. I was an infidel to your sex, and you have converted me; for now I am... | |
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When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. 
