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
| 1784 - 778 pàgines
...it was of mag" nitude enough to cover a world of very great faults ; " tliat is, fo to cover diem, that they were not taken " notice of to his reproach ; viz. a narrownefs in his na" ture to the loweft degree ; an abjednefs and want of '" courage to fupport him... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pàgines
...more be faid to extol the excellence and power of " his wit, and pleafantnefs of his converfation, than " that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world " of very great faults; that is, fo to cover them, that '* they were not taken notice of to his reproach; viz. a " narrownefs in his... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 pàgines
...more be faid to extol the excellence and power of " his wit, and pleafantnefs of his converfation, than " that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world " of very great faults; that is, fo to cover them, that " they were not taken notice of to his reproach; viz. a " narrownefs in his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1790 - 508 pàgines
...converfa" tion, than that it was of magnitude enough " to cover a world of very great faults; that " is, fo to cover them, that they were not, " taken notice of to his reproach; viz. a ** narrownefs in his nature to the loweft ** degree ; an abjectnefs and want of courage. ** to fupport... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 344 pàgines
...converfation, than that it was " of magnitude enough to cover a world ot " very great faults ; that is, fo to cover them, that " they were not taken notice of to his reproach ; •" viz. a narrownefs in his nature to the loweft " degree ; an abjeftnefs and want of courage to " fupport him... | |
| 1792 - 528 pàgines
...more to be faid to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleafantncls of his converfation, than that it was of magnitude enough, to cover a world of very great faults ; that is, fo to cover 3'* 3*9 them, that .they were not taken notice of to his reproach : viz. a narrownefs in... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pàgines
...more be faid to extol the " excellence and power of his wit, and pleafantnefs " of his converfation, than that it was of magnitude " enough to cover a world of very great faults; that " is, fo to cover them, that they were not taken no" tice of to his reproach, viz. a narrownefsin his na*... | |
| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1793 - 268 pàgines
...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...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 to support... | |
| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1798 - 326 pàgines
...Converfation, than that it was of Magnitude enough, to cover a World of very great Faults, that is, fo to covpr them , that They were not taken !Notice of to his Reproach ; viz a Narrownefs in his Nature to the loweft Degree; an Abjectnefs, and Want of Courage to fupport him in... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pàgines
...more be said to " extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of his conver" sation, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world...and want of courage to support him in any virtuous uncler" taking ; an insinuation and servile flattery to the height, the vainest and "most imperious... | |
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