human
I never thought you guilty of meanness before,
gpt
Meanness!
human
Yes! for is it not mean to be jealous of superior acquirements, instead of admiring them?
gpt
What has been the use of those acquirements? Has he benefited mankind by them? Shew me the poet--the historian--the orator, and I will vield to none of you; no, not to Madeline herself in homage of their genius: but the mere creature of books--the dry and sterile collector of other men's learning--no--no. What should I admire in such a machine of literature, except a waste of perseverance?--And Madeline calls him handsome too!
human
Who could have thought Walter so foolish?
gpt
Nay, observed Ellinor gently,
human
My dear Ellinor, said he, when he had finished his survey,