| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1759 - 608 pages
...all he faid ; which ye: was rather of * delight, than weight. There needs no more be faid to ex* tol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleafantnefs...of very great faults ; that is, fo to cover them, i that they were not taken notice of to his reproach ; viz. a * narrownefs in his nature to the loweft... | |
| History - 1762 - 578 pages
...no more be fàid to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleafantnefs of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough, to cover a world of very great faults ; that is, fo to cover 4 them, t hem, that they were not taken notice of to his reproach; viz. a narrownefs in his nature... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 494 pages
...opporttlr ?* nity of faying what he had thoroughly con*' fidered, which gave a great luftre to all he •* faid ; which yet was rather of delight than...is, fo to •* cover them, that they were not taken no** tice of to his reproach ; viz. a narrownefs ** in bis nature to the loweft degree ; an ab" jectnefs... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 498 pages
...weight. There needs no more be faid to •' extol the excellence and power of his wit, " and pleaiantnefs of his converfation, than " that it was of magnitude enough to cover *' a world of very grtfat faults ; that is, fo to •* cover them, that they were not taken no" tice of to his reproach... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 478 pages
...than ** weight. There needs no more be faid to " extol the- excellence and power of his wit, ** aivd pleafantnefs of his converfation, than " that it was...magnitude enough to cover ** a world of very great faults j that is, fo to ** cover them, that they were not taken no** tice-of to his reproach ; viz^ a narrownefs... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 344 pages
...weight. " There needs no more be faid to extol the " excellence and power of his wit, and plea" fantnefs of his 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...niftered the opportunity of faying what he had " thoroughly coniidered, which give a great luftre to " all he faid ; which yet was rather of delight than " weight....that " is, fo to cover them, that they were not taken no" tice of to his reproach, viz. a narrownefsin his na* " ture to the loweft degree 5 an abjeflnefs... | |
| History - 1792 - 528 pages
...weight. There needs no more to be faid to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleafantncls of his converfation, than that it was of magnitude...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 his nature... | |
| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1793 - 268 pages
...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 his reproach ; namely, a narrowness in his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1795 - 610 pages
...delight than " weight. There needs no more be faid to " extol the excellence and power of his wit, cc and pleafantnefs of his converfation, than " that it was of magnitude enough to cover a 'c world of very great faults ; that is, fo td " cover them, that they were not taken no" tice of to... | |
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