...practice; and who shall treat it with contempt? Surely not the attendant on a court, whose business is to watch the looks of a being weak and foolish as himself, and whose vanity is to recount the names of men, who might drop into nothing, and leave no vacuity;...

...which he held in high respect ; and describes ' the attendant on a Court,' as one ' whose business is to watch the looks of a being, weak and foolish as himself.' His unqualified ridicule of rhetorical gesture or action is not, surely, a test of truth ; yet we cannot...

...human nature that will keep us safe under every form of government." He defined a courtier in the Idler as one "whose business it is to watch the looks of a being weak and foolish as himself." Much of what he felt was in part a revolt against the sentimental aspect of contemporary liberalism,...

...human nature that will keep us safe under every form of government." He defined a courtier in the Idler as one " whose business it is to watch the looks of a being weak and foolish as himself.5' Much of what he felt was in part a revolt against the sentimental aspect of contemporary...

...Lord Chesterfield or the dons of Pembroke, as ready to write of a courtier as one " whose business is to watch the looks of a being weak and foolish as himself" as he was to knock down the insolent Osborne, the bookseller, or to toss from the circle into the stalls...

...colony." For kings he often shows no great respect. He laughs at "the attendant on a court, whose business is to watch the looks of a being weak and foolish as himself, and whose vanity is to recount the names of men who might drop into nothing and leave no vacuity."...

...that which he held in high respect, and describes, " the attendant on a Court" as one " whose business is to watch the looks of a being, weak and foolish as himself." His unqualified ridicule of rhetorical gesture or action is not, surely, a test of truth ; yet we cannot...