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" There are two opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world: one by talking faster than they think and the other by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. "
A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the ... - Sivu 158
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The Jones Readers by Grades: Book one-[eight], Kirja 7

Lewis Henry Jones - 1904 - 296 sivua
...think, and the other by holding their tongues and not 20 thinking at all. By the first many a smatterer acquires the reputation of a man of quick parts; by the other many a dunderpate, like the owl, the stupidest of birds, comes to be considered the very type of wisdom. This,...

The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and ..., Nide 1

Lionel Strachey - 1905 - 318 sivua
...opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world; one, by talking faster than they think, and the other, by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, many a smatterer acquires the reputation of a man of quick parts; by the other, many a dunderpate, like the...

Studies in American and British Literature

Inez Nellie Canfield McFee - 1905 - 614 sivua
...opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world; one by talking faster than they think, and the other by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first many a smatterer acquires the reputation of a man of quick parts; by the other, many a dunderpate. like the...

The Fifth Reader

1905 - 474 sivua
...opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world ; one by talking faster than they think, and the other by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, many a smatterer acquires the reputation of a man of quick parts ; by the other, many a dunderpate, like the...

The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and ..., Nide 1

Lionel Strachey - 1905 - 316 sivua
...other, by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, many a smatterer acquires 67 the reputation of a man of quick parts; by the other, many a dunderpate, like the owl, the stupidest of birds, comes to be considered the very type of wisdom. This,...

American Wit and Humor, Nide 1

1907 - 374 sivua
...opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world; one, by talking faster than they think, and the other, by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, many a smatterer acquires the reputation of a man of quick parts; by the other, many a dunderpate, like the...

The Ten Books of the Merrymakers, Nide 1

Marshall Pinckney Wilder - 1908 - 260 sivua
...some men make a figure in the world ; one, by talking faster than they think, and the other, by holdii their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, many a smatterer acquires the reputation of a man of quick parts; by the otru_r, many a dunderpate, like the...

Journeys Through Bookland

Charles H.Sylevester - 1909 - 594 sivua
...opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world—one by talking faster than they think, and the other by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first many a smatterer acquires the reputation of a man of quick parts; by the other many a dunderpate, like the...

The Wit and Humor of America, Nide 1

Marshall Pinckney Wilder - 1911 - 266 sivua
...think, and the other, by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, many a smatterer acquires the reputation of a man of quick parts; by the other, many a dunderpate, like the owl, the stupidest of birds, comes to be considered the very type of wisdom. This,...

Readings from American Literature: A Textbook for Schools and Colleges

Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 sivua
...opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world : one, by talking faster than they think, and the other, by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. By the first, many a smatterer acquires the reputation of a man of quick parts ; by the other, many a dunderpate, like the...




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