 that the size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth; " and his own was never contemptible. He would laugh at a stroke of genuine humour, or sudden sally of odd absurdity, as heartily and freely as I ever yet saw any man...  Annual Register of World Events - Page 11788Full view - About this book
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1786 - 330 pages
...when perhaps the elevation of the thought would have been disgraced by a drefs lefs fuperb. He tifed to fay, " that the fize of a man's underftanding might...freely as I ever yet faw any man ; and though the jeft was often fuch as few felt befides himfelf, yet his laugh. was irrefiftible, and was obferved... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1786 - 314 pages
...perhaps the elevation of the thought would have been difgraced by a drefs lefs fuperb. He ufed to fay, ct that the fize of a man's underftanding might always...freely as I ever yet faw any man ; and though the jeft was often fuch as few felt befides himfelf, yet his laugh was irrefiftible, and was obferved immediately... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1786 - 328 pages
...have been difgraced by a drefs lefs fuperb. He ufed to fay, " that the fize of a man's imderftanding might always be juftly meafured by his mirth ;" and...freely as I ever yet faw any man ; and though the jeft was often fuch as few felt befides himfelf, yet ;his laugh was irrefiftible, and was obferved... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1788 - 556 pages
...lefs fuperb. He ufed to fay, " that the fize of a man's underftanding might always be juftly rneafured by his mirth;" and his own was never contemptible....odd abfurdity, as heartily and freely as I ever yet law any mas, and though the je!t was often fuch as few felt beñdes himfelf, yet his laugh was irrefiftible,... | |
 | 1791 - 302 pages
...meaning as clearly, or when perhaps the elevation of the thought would have been difgraced by a drefs lefs fuperb. He ufed to fay, " that the fize of a...freely as I ever yet faw any man ; and though the jeft was often fuch as few felt befides himfelf, yet his laugh was irrefiftible, and was obferved immediately... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...superb. He used -to say, " that the size of a man's, understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth ;" and his own was never contemptible. He would laugh at a stroke of genuine humour, or sudden sally of odd absurdity, as heartily and freely as I ever yet saw... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pages
...less superb. He used t« say, ' that the size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth ;" and his own was never contemptible. He would laugh at a stroke of genuine humour, or sudden sally of odd absurdity, as heartily and freely as I ever yet saw... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1826 - 250 pages
...less superb. He used to say, " that the size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth; " and his own was never contemptible. He would laugh at a stroke of genuine humour, or sudden sally of odd absurdity, as heartily and freely as I ever yet saw... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 pages
...less superb. He used to say, that " the size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth;" and his own was never contemptible. He would laugh at a stroke of genuine humour, or sudden sally of odd absurdity, as heartily and freely as I ever yet saw... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 pages
...less superb. He used to say, that " the size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth ; " and his own was never contemptible. He would laugh at a stroke of genuine humour, or sudden sally of odd Iibsurdity, as heartily and freely as I ever yet saw... | |
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