 | Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 Seiten
...pretend to point them out to you ; but I will give lome famples, by which you may guefí at the reft. A vulgar man is captious and jealous ; eager and impetuous about trifles: he fufpecls himfelf to be flighted; thinks every thing that is faid is meant at him; if the company happens... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 Seiten
...pretend to point them out to yon ; but I will give some samples, by which you may guess at the rest. A vulgar man is captious and jealous; eager and impetuous...trifles ; he suspects himself to be slighted ; thinks every thing that is said is meant at him ; if the company happens to laugh, he is persuaded they laugh... | |
 | William Driverger - 1820 - 648 Seiten
...productive, and the annual revenue of his estate will soon be double to what it was some years ago. A vulgar man is captious and jealous ; eager and impetuous about trifles. If you happen to laugh, he is persuaded you laugh at him. He grows testy, and often draws himself into... | |
 | 1824 - 506 Seiten
...county, and another of hii sons was judge of the court anil register of deeds. A vulgar man is captions and jealous ; eager and impetuous about trifles. He suspects himself to be slighted, thinks every thing that it •aid meant for him ; if the company happens to laugh, he is persuaded they laugh... | |
 | 1826 - 450 Seiten
...pretend to point them out to you ; but I will give fome famples, by which you may guefs at the reft. A vulgar man is captious and jealous; eager and impetuous about trifles : he fuipecls himfelf to be flighted ; thinks every thing that is faid meant at him ; if the company happens... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1828 - 270 Seiten
...jealous ; eager and impetuous about trifles. He suspects himself to be slighted, thinks every thing that is said meant at him ; if the company happens to laugh, he is persuaded they laugh at him ; be grows angry and testy, says something very impertinent, and draws himself into a scrape, by showing... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 Seiten
...like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. — Swift. CLXX. A vulgar man is captious and jealous; eager and impetuous...trifles. He suspects himself to be slighted, thinks every thing that is said meant at him: if the company happens to laugh, he is persuaded they laugh... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 Seiten
...like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets breakthrough. — Swift. CLXX. A vulgar man is captious and jealous; eager and impetuous...trifles. He suspects himself to be slighted, thinks every thing that is said meant at him: if the company happens to laugh, he is persuaded they laugh... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1831 - 290 Seiten
...jealous; eager and impetuous ahout trifles. — He suspects himself to he slighted; thinks every thing that is said meant at him: if the company happens...laugh at him; he grows angry and testy, says something veiy impertinent, and draws himself into a scrape, hy showing what he calls a proper spirit, and asserting... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1836 - 96 Seiten
...so plainly marked out that his honour obliges him to resent it in a proper manner. On the contrary, a vulgar man is captious and jealous ; eager and impetuous...trifles. He suspects himself to be slighted ; thinks every thing that is said is meant at him ; if the company happen to laugh, he is persuaded they laugh... | |
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... meant at him ; if the company happens to laugh, he is persuaded they laugh at him ; he grows angry and testy, says something very impertinent, and draws himself into a scrape, by showing what he calls a proper spirit, and asserting himself. 
