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" Discretion has large and extended views, and like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon. Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness, that discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance. "
The Family Encyclopedia of Useful Knowledge and General Literature ... - Seite 264
von John Lauris Blake - 1834 - 960 Seiten
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The Spectator, Band 3

1778 - 350 Seiten
...felfifh aims, and tricks at nothing which may make them fuccecd. Difcretion has large and extended views, and, like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon : cunning is a kind of fhort-fightednefs, that difcovers the minuteft objefts which are near at hand, but is not able to difcern...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Band 6,Teil 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 434 Seiten
...felfifh aims, and flicks at nothing which may make them fucceed. Difcretion has large and extended views, and, like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon : cunning is a kind of fhortfightednefs, that difcovers the minuteft objecb which are near at hand, but is not able to difcern...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 Seiten
...aims ; and fticks at nothing which may make them fucceed. Difcretion has large and extended views ; and, like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon : cunning is a kind of fliort-fightednefs, that difcovers the minuteft objects which ate near at hand, but is not able to...
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Elements of Elocution: In which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are ...

John Walker - 1799 - 438 Seiten
...felfifh aims, and fticks at nothing which may make them fuccced. Difcretion has large and extended views, and, like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon : Cunning is a kind of fhort-'ightednefs, that difcovers the minuteft ob. jecls that are rear at hand, but is not able to...
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The Addisonian miscellany, a selection from the Spectator, Tatler, and ...

Joseph Addison - 1801 - 338 Seiten
...aims, and flicks at nothing which may make them fucceed. Difcretion has large ,?nd extended views, and like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon : cunning is a kind of fhort-fightednefs, that difcovers the minuteft object's which are near at hand, but is not able to...
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A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and ...

John Walker - 1801 - 424 Seiten
...them succeed. Discretion, has large and extended views, and, like a well-formed eye, commands awhole horizon; cunning, is a kind of short-sightedness, that discovers the minutest objects that are near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance. Discretion, the more it is...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking ...: To which are ...

Noah Webster - 1802 - 278 Seiten
...Discretion has large and extended views, and like a well formed eye, commands a whole horizon :, cunriing is a kind of short-sightedness, that discovers the ' minutest objects which are near at hand, but is notable to discern things at aciistarice. Discretion, the more it • is discovered, gives a greater...
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Select British Classics, Band 13

1803 - 402 Seiten
...selfish aims, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed. Discretion has large and extended views, and, like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon:...discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand, but it is not able to discern things at a distance. Discretion, the more it is discovered, gives the greater...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to ...

Noah Webster - 1804 - 254 Seiten
...aims, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed. 8. Discretion has large anil extended views, and like a •wellformed eye, commands a whole horizon...distance. Discretion, the more it is discovered, gives a greater authority to the person who possesses it: cunning, when it is oix:e detected, loses its force,...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Band 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 Seiten
...selfish aims, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed. Discretion has large and extended views, and, like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon...distance. Discretion, the more it is discovered, gives a greater authority to the person who possesses it : Cunning, when it is once detected, loses its force,...
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