 A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint, will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding ; it dissipates every doubt and scruple in an instant ;...  Hudibras, a Poem - Page 343by Samuel Butler - 1819Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 576 pages
...all the others have been made use of to no purpose. A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his antagonist much sooner than...and brings over the most obstinate and inflexible. Philip of Macedon was a man of most 30 invincible reason this way n . He refuted by it all the wisdom... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 566 pages
...,s furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who dmws them from reason and philosophy. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding; lt dissipates every doubt and scruple in an ™^™™™™A^* itself to the meanest capacities; silences... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1875 - 540 pages
...use of to no purpose. A man who is furnished with arguments from theMint, will convince hisantagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy. Gold wa wonderful clearer of the understanding; it dissipates every doubt and A NEW DICTIONARY OP QUOTATIONS.... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1876 - 486 pages
...us, and love undying. V. INFLUENCE OF GOLD. ADDISON, A MAN who is furnished with arguments from the mint, will convince his antagonist much sooner than...and brings over the most obstinate and inflexible. Philip of Macedon1 was a man of most invincible reason in this way. He refuted by it all the wisdom... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...the sobriety of the mind ; temperance and chastity are the sobriety of the body. WHICHCOTE. MONEY. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding:...silences the loud and clamorous, and brings over the most oltstinate and inflexible. Philip of Macedon was a man of most invincible reason this way. He refuted... | |
 | Arthur B. Davison - English literature - 1880 - 396 pages
...the student to contemplate nature, and the beauty to behold herself. Johnson, Rambler, No. 9. GOLD. GOLD is a wonderful clearer of the understanding ;...and brings over the most obstinate and inflexible. Addison, Spectator, No. 239. GOLD. THIS idol can boast of two peculiarities : it is worshipped in all... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1880 - 772 pages
...body. Vr'HlCHCOTE. MONEY. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding : it dissipates every duuhl e, of rivals in wit, are sometimes transmitted to...heart-burnings of men less conspicuous, though carried Philip of Macedon was a man of most invincible reason this way. He refuted by it all the wisdom of... | |
 | Osgood Eaton Fuller - Conduct of life - 1881 - 658 pages
...himself to his money is proclaimed in our very language to be a miser, or a miserable man. — TRENCH. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding :...and brings over the most obstinate and inflexible. Philip of Macedon was a man of most invincible reason this way. He refuted by it all the wisdom of... | |
 | F G. Marchant - 1883 - 422 pages
...temptation before which Balaam fell, Addison well remarked: " A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his antagonist much sooner than...and brings over the most obstinate and inflexible. Philip of Macedon was a man of most invincible reason this way. He refuted by it all the wisdom of... | |
 | Truths - 1885 - 572 pages
...revolt, when Gold becomes her object! iSnlil. — Addison. A MAN who is furnished with arguments from the Mint, will convince his antagonist much sooner than...Philosophy. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding ; il dissipates every doubt and scruple in an instant ; accommodates itself to the meanest capacities... | |
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