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…
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…
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…
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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