Pedantry, in the common acceptation of the word, means an absurd ostentation of learning, and stiffness of phraseology, proceeding from a misguided knowledge of books and a total ignorance of men.
Mankind in the gross is a gaping monster, that loves to be deceived and has seldom been disappointed. - Henry Mackenzie
Mankind in the gross is a gaping monster, that loves to be deceived and has seldom been disappointed.
- Henry Mackenzie
What signifies sadness, sir; a man grows lean on it. - Henry Mackenzie
What signifies sadness, sir; a man grows lean on it.
It is only from the belief of the goodness and wisdom of a supreme being, that our calamities can be borne in the manner which becomes a man. - Henry Mackenzie
It is only from the belief of the goodness and wisdom of a supreme being, that our calamities can be borne in the manner which becomes a man.
There are two distinct sorts of what we call bashfulness; this, the awkwardness of a booby, which a few steps into the world will convert into the pe… - Henry Mackenzie
There are two distinct sorts of what we call bashfulness; this, the awkwardness of a booby, which a few steps into the world will convert into the pe…
People do not care to give alms without some security for their money; and a wooden leg or a withered arm is a sort of draft upon heaven for those wh… - Henry Mackenzie
People do not care to give alms without some security for their money; and a wooden leg or a withered arm is a sort of draft upon heaven for those wh…
Pedantry, in the common acceptation of the word, means an absurd ostentation of learning, and stiffness of phraseology, proceeding from a misguided k… - Henry Mackenzie
Pedantry, in the common acceptation of the word, means an absurd ostentation of learning, and stiffness of phraseology, proceeding from a misguided k…
Fame is a revenue payable only to our ghosts; and to deny ourselves all present satisfaction, or to expose ourselves to so much hazard for this, were… - Henry Mackenzie
Fame is a revenue payable only to our ghosts; and to deny ourselves all present satisfaction, or to expose ourselves to so much hazard for this, were…
Indeed, I have observed one ingredient, somewhat necessary in a man’s composition towards happiness, which people of feeling would do well to acquire… - Henry Mackenzie
Indeed, I have observed one ingredient, somewhat necessary in a man’s composition towards happiness, which people of feeling would do well to acquire…
It is from the remembrance of joys we have lost that the arrows of affliction are pointed. - Henry Mackenzie
It is from the remembrance of joys we have lost that the arrows of affliction are pointed.
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