 A man who has been brought up among books, and is able to talk of nothing else, is a very indifferent companion, and what we call a pedant. But, methinks, we should enlarge the title, and give it to every one that does not know how to think out of his...  The Saturday Magazine - Page 1881841Full view - About this book
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 386 pages
...sentiment and language. In an excellent essay in the Spectator, Addison has the following passage : — " A man who has been brought up among books, and is...indifferent companion, and what we call a pedant. But, methinks, we should enlarge the title, and give it to every one that does not know how to think out... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 334 pages
...to talk of nothing else, is a very indifferent companion, and what we call a pedant. But, methinks, we should enlarge the title, and give it to every...out of his profession and particular way of life." Observe how very closely his imitator, Mackenzie, follows the above : — " Pedantry, in the common... | |
 | Thomas Whitcombe Greene - English language - 1876 - 340 pages
...Upon retiring to my lodgings I threw together the following reflections on the subject of pedantry. A man who has been brought up among books and is able...talk of nothing else is a very indifferent companion, but methinks we should enlarge the title and give it to every man who does not know how to think out... | |
 | Readers - 1878 - 446 pages
...long hollow valley of Bagdad, with oxen, sheep, and camels, grazing upon the sides of it. PEDANTRY. A man who has been brought up among books, and is...indifferent companion, and what we call a pedant. But, methinks, we should enlarge the title, and give it to every one that does not know how to think out... | |
 | Robert Shelton Bate - 1878 - 370 pages
...lodgings, I could not forbear throwing together such reflections as occurred to me upon the subject. "A man who has been brought up among books, and is...indifferent companion, and what we call a pedant. But methinks we should enlarge the title, and give it to every one that does not know how to think out... | |
 | James Burton (schoolmaster.) - English language - 1878 - 124 pages
...hours ago were crowded. He did not offer to speak to me till I had walked up close to his bed-side. A man who has been brought up among books, and is...of nothing else, is a very indifferent companion. I dreamed that I was conveyed into a wide and boundless plain. When I came to my castle I flod into... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 240 pages
...prefty (prit'ty), affectedly nice. qual'i-ty, the nobility. • reign'ing, in fashion. state, political. A MAN who has been brought up among books, and is...indifferent companion, and what we call a pedant. But, methinks, we should enlarge the title, and give it to every one that does not know how to think out... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - Children's Literature, English - 1880 - 240 pages
...prefty (prit'ty), affectedly nice. qual'i-ty, the nobility. reign'ing, in fashion. state, political. A MAN who has been brought up among books, and is...indifferent companion, and what we call a pedant. But, methinks, we should enlarge the title, and give it to every one that does not know how to think out... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1882 - 572 pages
...lodgings, I could not forbear throwing together such reflections as occurred to me upon that subject. A man who has been brought up among books, and is...indifferent companion, and •> what we call a pedant. But, methinks, we should enlarge the PEDANTS, 17 title, and give it every one that does not know how to... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English essays - 1882 - 428 pages
...lodgings, I could not forbear throwing together such reflections as occurred to me upon that subject. A man who has been brought up among books, and is...indifferent companion, and what we call a pedant. But, methinks, we should enlarge the title, and give it every one that does not know how to think out of... | |
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