| H. M. Melford - 1841 - 466 páginas
...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... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 520 páginas
...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 in his nature... | |
| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1843 - 810 páginas
...no more he 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 no- . tice of to his reproach ; viz. a narrowness in his... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 410 páginas
...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 his reproach—namely, a narrowness... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit and pleasantness of his conversation, s Babington Macaulay Macaulay so to cover them that they were not taken notice of to his reproach — namely, a narrowness in his... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 338 páginas
...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 in his nature... | |
| George Crabb - 1850 - 554 páginas
...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, thai is, a narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree, an abjcctntes and want of courage, an insinuating... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 páginas
...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 his reproach ; viz. a narrowness in his nature... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 360 páginas
...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 his reproach, viz. a narrowness in his nature... | |
| George Crabb - 1854 - 546 páginas
...Theic needs no more be said to extol tlie excellence and power of his (Waller's) wit, than thai il was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults, that is, a narrowness in hie nature to the lowest degree, an abjeetncss and want of courage, an insinuating... | |
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