 ... wisdom is a fox, who, after long hunting, will at last cost you the pains to dig out; it is a cheese, which, by how much the richer, has the thicker, the homelier, and the coarser coat; and whereof, to a judicious palate...  Essays: on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry ... - Page 183by James Beattie - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 346 pages
...by no -means be persu-.ided to inspect beypnd the surface and the rind of things; whereas, wisdom, is a fox, ..who, after long hunting', will at , last cost you the pains to dig out .-vat- 'is a cheese, -which, by how much the richer, .has the thicker, the homelier, and the coarser... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - Authors, Irish - 1804 - 250 pages
..." Tiia man has i hy persecutions, lurningi out and stabbing.* XX. SWIFTIANA. 2J XX. WISDOM. Wisdom is a fox, who, after long hunting, will at last cost...judicious palate the maggots are the best: it is a sackposset, wherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Anglo-Saxons - 1805 - 534 pages
...Wifdom is a fox, 'who, after long hunting, inill at laji eojl you the pains to dig out. 'Tit a cheeje, 'which by how much the richer has the thicker, the homelier, and the coarfer coat ; and whereof, to a judicious palate, the maggots are the beft. "Tis a fack pof. fet,... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Great Britain - 1807 - 498 pages
...inspires. SWIFT. Wisdom is a for, who, after long hunting, Kill at last cost yon the pains to dig out. 'Tit a cheese, which by how much the richer has the thicker, the homelitr, nnd the coarser coat ; and whereof, to a judicious palate, the maggots are the Lest. 'Tis... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 500 pages
...will by no means be persuaded to inspect beyond the surface and the rind of things ; whereas, wisdom is a fox, who, after long hunting, will at last cost...judicious palate, the maggots are the best : it is a sack-posset, wherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, William Wotton - 1811 - 390 pages
...surface and the rind of things: Whereas, * Virtuoso experiments, and modern comedies. Tvisdam is afox, who, after long hunting, will at last cost you the...judicious palate, the maggots are the best : It is a sink-posset, wherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, William Wotton - English literature - 1812 - 250 pages
...persuaded to inspect beyond the surface and the rind of things ; whereas, wisdom is a fox, who, after loug hunting, will at last cost you the pains to dig out...judicious palate, the maggots are the best : it is a sack-posset, wherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 356 pages
...will by no means be persuaded to inspect beyond the surface and the rind of things ; whereas, wisdom is a fox, who, after long hunting, will at last cost...the pains to dig out : it is a cheese, which, by how mud the richer, has the thicker, the homelier, and the coarser coat ; and whereof, to a judicious palate,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - English literature - 1814 - 442 pages
...will by no means be persuaded to inspect beyond the surface and the rind of things ; whereas, wisdom is a fox, who, after long hunting, will at last cost...judicious palate, the maggots are the best : it is a sack-posset, wherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 446 pages
...will by no means be persuaded to inspect beyond the surface and the rind of things ; whereas, wisdom is a fox, who, after long hunting, will at last cost...judicious palate, the maggots are the best : it is a sack-posset, wherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling... | |
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