 ... every day, am very sensible of this want of method in the thoughts of my honest countrymen. There is not one dispute in ten which is managed in those schools of politics, where, after the three first sentences, the question is not entirely lost. Our...  The British Essayists: Spectator - Page 112by James Ferguson - 1819Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 314 pages
...where, after the three first sentences, the question 1.2 is not entirely lost. Our disputants put me in mind of the scuttle-fish, that when he is unable...know how to methodise his thoughts, has always, to borrovv a phrase from the Dispensary, ' a barren superfluity of words ;' the fruit is lost amidst the... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 408 pages
...politics, where, after the three first sentences, the question is not entirely lost. Our disputants put me in mind of the scuttlefish, that when he is unable...becomes invisible. The man who does not know how to methodize his thoughts, has always, to borrow a phrase From the dispensary, a barren superfluity of... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...first sentences, the question is not entirely lost. Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttle-fish, that when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens all the water about him, till he becomes invisible. The man who does not know how to methodize his thoughts, has always (to... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 318 pages
...where, after the three first sentences, the question 1,2 is not entirely lost. Our disputants put me in mind of the scuttle-fish, that when he is unable...barren superfluity of words;' the fruit is lost amidst the exuberance of leaves. Tom Puzzle is one of the most eminent immethodical disputants of any that... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 314 pages
...politics, where, afterthe three first sentences, the question is not entirely lost. Our disputants put me in mind of the scuttle-fish, that when he is unable]...him until he becomes invisible. The man who! does not.know how to methodise his thoughts, has always, to borrow a phrase, from the Dispensary, ' a barren... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 348 pages
...politics, where, after the three first sentences, the question is not entirely lost. Our disputants put me in mind of the scuttlefish, that, when he is unable...extricate himself, blackens all the water about him till he becomes invisible. The man who does not know how to methodize his thoughts, has always to borrow... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 316 pages
...politics, where, after the three first sentences, the question is not entirely lost. Our disputants put me in mind of the scuttle-fish, that when he is unable] to extricate himself blackens all the water'about him until he becomes invisible. The man who* does not know how to methodise his thoughts,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 314 pages
...politics, where, after the three first sentences, the question is not entirely lost. Our disputants put me in mind of the scuttle-fish, that when he is unable] to extricate himself blackens all the water'about him until he becomes invisible. The man who' does not know how to methodise his thoughts,... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 392 pages
...politics, where, after the three first sentences, the question is not entirely lost. Our disputants put me in mind of the scuttle-fish, that, when he is unable...exuberance of leaves. Tom Puzzle is one of the most eminent immethodical disputants of any that has fallen under my observation. Tom has read enough to make him... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 298 pages
...politics, where, after the three first sentences, the question is not entirely lost Our disputants put me in mind of the scuttle-fish, that, when he is unable...extricate himself, blackens all the water about him till he becomes invisible. The man who does not know how to methodise his thoughts, has always, to... | |
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