 There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults; that is, so to cover them, that they were not taken notice of to...  The Works of Samuel Johnson - Pàgina 257per Samuel Johnson - 1816Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 450 pàgines
...weight. There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults; that roL. I. T is, so to cover them, that they were not taken notice of to his reproach; viz. a narrowness... | |
 | George Crabb - 1826 - 768 pàgines
...be abject ; ' There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his (Waller's) wit, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults, that is, a narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree, an abjectness and want of courage, an insinuating... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 pàgines
...excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of his con vernation, linn that it was of magnitnde enough to cover a world of very great faults ; that is, so to cover them, that they wen Dot taken notice of to his reproach, v*~ narrowness in Ms nature to the lowest degree; an abjectness... | |
 | 1837 - 608 pàgines
...There needs no more to be said ' to extol the excellence and power of his wit and pleasantness of ' his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough...to the lowest degree,— an abjectness and want of VOL. LXV. NO. CXXXH. X ' courage to support him in any virtuous undertaking, — an insinua' tion and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pàgines
...weight. There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of collected. It is indeed, like other treatises of antiquity,...use ; for it is of small importance to know which rtj. a narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree ; an abjectness and want of courage to support... | |
 | 1838 - 870 pàgines
...— " There needs no more to be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough...narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree, — an «bjectness and want of courage to support him in 15 any virtuous undertaking, — an insinuating and... | |
 | 1838 - 822 pàgines
...— "There needs no more to be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough...cover them that they were not taken notice of to his reproacht viz., a narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree, — an abjectness and want of courage... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 516 pàgines
...thus: ' There needs no more to be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough...that they were not taken notice of to his reproach, — namely, a narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree, — an abjectness and want of courage... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 pàgines
...weight. There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of and tells us of his having been forbidden his college at Oxford for misbehaviour. Uken ootice of to his reproach, viz. л narrow9 ness in his nature to the lowest degree ; an abjectness... | |
 | H. M. Melford - 1841 - 466 pàgines
...kings. (Pope's Essay.) There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and pewer of Waller's wit, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults , that is , a narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree , an objectness and want of courage , an insinuating... | |
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