 There is a piece of foppery which is to be cautiously guarded against, the foppery of universality, of knowing all sciences and excelling in all arts — chemistry, mathematics, algebra, dancing, history, reasoning, riding, fencing, Low Dutch, High Dutch,...  Among the Goths and Vandals - Seite 54von John Blaikie - 1870Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1850 - 806 Seiten
...— .. ., ,. ' Another piece of foppery which is to be cautiously guarded against, VOI.. XXVIII. H la the foppery of universality ; of knowing all sciences...reasoning, riding, fencing, Low Dutch, High Dutch, natural philosophy, and enough Spanish to talk ahout Lope de Vega. In short, the modern precept of... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1849 - 446 Seiten
...extraordinary erudition. Then there is another piece of foppery which is to be cautiously guarded against—the foppery of universality, — of knowing all sciences...reasoning, riding, fencing, Low Dutch, High Dutch, natural philosophy, and enough Spanish to talk about Lope de Vega: in short, the modern precept of... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1850 - 910 Seiten
...late Dean of St. Paul's. They are equal, for strong sense at least, to anything he ever wrote : — is the foppery of universality ; of knowing all sciences...reasoning, riding, fencing, Low Dutch, High Dutch, natural philosophy, and enough Spanish to talk about Lope de Vega. In short, the modem precept of education... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1850 - 428 Seiten
...nary erudition. Then there is another piece of foppery which is to be cautiously guarded against — the foppery of universality, — of knowing all sciences...reasoning, riding, fencing, Low Dutch, High Dutch, natural philosophy, and enough Spanish to talk about Lope de Vega : in sh'ort, the modern precept of... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1850 - 474 Seiten
...extraordinary erudition. Then there is another piece of foppery which is to be cautiously guarded against — the foppery of universality, — of knowing all sciences...reasoning, riding, fencing, Low Dutch, High Dutch, natural philosophy, and enough Spanish to talk about Lope de Vega: in short, the modern precept of... | |
 | 1852 - 374 Seiten
...everlasting oblivion " Then there is another piece' of foppery which is to be cautiously guarded against — the foppery of universality — of knowing all sciences,...excelling in all arts — chemistry, mathematics, dancing, history, reasoning, riding, fencing, Low Dutch, High Dutch, natural philosophy, and enough... | |
 | Rev. Sidney Smith - 1854 - 296 Seiten
...extraordinary erudition. v Then there is another piece of foppery which is to be cautiously guarded against — the foppery of universality, — of knowing all sciences...reasoning, riding, fencing, Low Dutch, High Dutch, natural philosophy, and enough Spanish to talk about Lope de Vega: in short, the modern precept, of... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1854 - 368 Seiten
...There is another foppery which is to be cautiously guarded against— the foppery of wi'vcr&ality, — of knowing all sciences and excelling in all arts,...reasoning, riding, fencing, Low Dutch, High. Dutch, natural philosophy, and enough of Spanish to talk about Lope de Vega: in short, the modern precept... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - 490 Seiten
...extraordinary erudition. Then there is another piece of foppery which is to be cautiously guarded against — the foppery of universality — of knowing all sciences...reasoning, riding, fencing. Low Dutch, High Dutch, natural philosophy, and enough Spanish to talk about Lope de Vega : in short, the modern precept of... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - 502 Seiten
...another piece of foppery which is to be cautiously guarded against — the foppery of unh-ersality — of knowing all sciences and excelling in all arts...reasoning, riding, fencing. Low Dutch, High Dutch, natural philosophy, and enough Spanish to talk about Lope de Vega : in short, the modern precept of... | |
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