If you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it receives little of it; but with a funnel, and by degrees, you shall fill many of them, and spill little of your own; to their capacity they will all receive, and be full. Spirit of the English Magazines - Strana 621824Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| Sir Philip Sidney - 1787 - Počet stránok 158
...firft receivesTherefore a mafter fhould temper his own powers, and defcend to the other's infirmity. If you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it receives...little of it ; but with a funnel, and by degrees, you fhall fill many of them, and fpill little of your own ; to their capacity they will all receive and... | |
| Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - Počet stránok 772
...fctyuiing from it, thro' which liquors are poured into velVcls with narrow mouths; a tundifli. — If you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it receives...little of it ; but with a funnel, and by degrees, you lliall ft!! m.rny of them. Btn Jobnjm. — The outward ear or auricul i is made hollow, and contracted... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - Počet stránok 464
...first receives ; therefore a master should temper his own powers, and descend to the other's infirmity. If you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it receives little of it ; but with a funnell, and by degrees, you shall fill many of them, and spill little of your own ; to their capacity... | |
| 1823 - Počet stránok 696
...voice encourage such an impression : severity appears to suit his character, and his stronglanguage inted with the world of realities, from which iron...excluded me. I was unacquainted with men — for (ill many of them, and spill little of your own ; to their capacity they will receive and be full.... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - Počet stránok 814
...take the work out of her hand», and commit it to the artificial help of strong wateri. Raleigh. It you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it receives little of it. Ben Jonim'i Diaxnerie*. The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day, and some gluttom have used to have... | |
| George Smeeton - 1830 - Počet stránok 282
...language loses nothing of its force by his deep and passionate earnestness. In his delivery, he times the utterance to the ear better, we think, than any orator...to their capacity they will receive and be full.' He is well conversant with history, ancient and modern; and, to judge from the conduct of his argument,... | |
| George Smeeton - 1830 - Počet stránok 278
...utterance to the ear better, we think, than any orator we have before heard: his words come out just aa fast as they can be agreeably collected and understood...to their capacity they will receive and be full.' He is well conversant with history, ancient and modern; and, to judge from the conduct of his argument,... | |
| George Smeeton - 1834 - Počet stránok 300
...Jonson : — ' If you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it receives little of it ; but with a tunnel, and by degrees, you shall fill many of them, and spill...to their capacity they will receive and be full.' He is well conversant with history, ancient and modern ; and, to judge from the conduct of his argument,... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - Počet stránok 560
...first receives ; therefore a master should temper his own powers, and descend to the other's infirmity. If you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it receives little of it ; but with a funnell, and by degrees, you shall fill many of them, and spill little of your own ; to their capacity... | |
| 1881 - Počet stránok 578
...first receives ; therefore a master should temper his own powers, and descend to the other's infirmity. [/` [/ H [/ all receive and be full. And as it is fit to read the best authors to youth first, so let them be of... | |
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