...of him : — " His excellent wit and pleasant conversation were enough to cover a world of faults, viz. a narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree;...abjectness and want of courage to support him in any undertaking ; an insinuation and servile flattery to the highest the vainest and most imperious nature...

...there he sharpened the excellence and power of that wit " of which," says Hyde, " no more need be said than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults " — a narrow nature, a lack of courage, servile flattery and insinuation ; that strange blend of...

...be sayd to extoll the excellence and power of his witt, and pleasantnesse of his conversation, then that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very greate f aultes, that is so cover them, that they were not taken notice of to his reproch, a narrownesse...

...weight. There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and the pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough...to his reproach, viz. a narrowness in his nature to tiie lowest degree ; an abjectness and want of courage to support him in any virtuous undertaking ;...

...needs no more be faid to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleaiantnefs of his conversion, than that it was of magnitude enough, to cover a world of very great faults; that is, fo to cover themj them, that they were not taken notice of to his reproach ; viz. a narrownefs in his...

...to be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit and pleasantness of his conversation, than it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults." Mr. RS Gardiner remarks that for those who wish to penetrate to the springs of human action, it is...