 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 - Page 257by Samuel Johnson - 1816Full view - About this book
 | David Masson - 1871 - 636 pages
...with all his good qualities — to wit, " a narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree," and his " abjectness and want of courage to support him in any virtuous undertaking " — were subsequent discoveries.1 SIR WILLIAM WALLER, KKT. (Andover), cetat. 43. Possibly a relative... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1873 - 950 pages
...: " 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...taken notice of to his reproach, viz. a narrowness m his nature to the lowest degree, an abjectness and want of courage to support him in any virtuous... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 668 pages
...: " 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 abjectncss and want of courage to support him in any virtuous undertaking, an insinuation and servile... | |
 | James Spedding - 1881 - 438 pages
...— ' 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 coinage to support him in any virtuous undertaking, — an insinuation and servile flattery to the... | |
 | James Spedding - 1881 - 440 pages
...:—' 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 cover a world of very great faults,—that is, so to cover them that they were not taken notice of to his reproach,— viz. a narrowness... | |
 | James Spedding - 1881 - 464 pages
...:—' 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 cover a world of very groat faults,—that is, BO to cover them that they were not taken notice of to his reproach,— viz.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1882 - 1084 pages
...excellence and power of his wit and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magni tude enough to cover a world of very great faults, that is, so to cover them that they were hot taken notice of to his reproach, viz. a narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree, an abjectness... | |
 | George Crabb - 1882 - 876 pages
...worldly interest. SMAULIDGE. There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power uf his wit, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults, that is, a narrowness in his natnre to the loictnt decree, an ttbjfctnesa and want of courage, an insinuating... | |
 | George Crabb - 1882 - 876 pages
...SMALKIDGE. There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, than that it WHS of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults, that is, a narrowness in his nature to the fittrt-Mt degree, an ubjecfn*1** and want of couruge, aa insinuating... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1883 - 1254 pages
.... " 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...his reproach, viz. a narrowness in his nature to the íowest degree, an abjectness and want of courage to support him in any virtuous undertaking, an insinuation... | |
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