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" There is no character without some speck, some imperfection; and I think the greatest defect in his was an affectation in delicacy, or rather effeminacy, and a visible fastidiousness, or contempt and disdain of his inferiors in science. "
Memoirs of Horace Walpole and His Contemporaries: Including Numerous ... - Page 161
edited by - 1851
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The Works of Thomas Gray, Esq

Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poetics - 1827 - 468 pages
...good man, a well-bred man, a man of virtue and humanity. There is no character without some speck, some imperfection ; and I think the greatest defect in his was an affectation in delicacy, or rather effeminacy,J and a visible fastidiousness, or contempt and disdain of his inferiors in science. He...
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Lives of the poets. Lives of eminent persons. Political tracts. Philological ...

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 pages
...but he was also a good man, a man of virtue and humanity. There is no character without some speck, some imperfection ; and I think the greatest defect...disgusted Voltaire so much in Mr. Congreve : though he seemed to value others chiefly according to the progress that they had made in knowledge, yet he...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets, with critical ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1835 - 472 pages
...but he was also a good man, a man of virtue and humanity. There is no character without some speck, some imperfection ; and I think the greatest defect...disgusted Voltaire so much in mr. Congreve : though he seemed to value others chiefly according to the progress that they had made in knowledge, yet he...
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Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 1

Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...amusements; and he had a fine taste in painting, prints, architecture, and gardening. His greatest defect was an affectation in delicacy, or rather effeminacy,...that weakness which disgusted Voltaire so much in Congreve. Though he seemed to value others chiefly according to the progress they had made in knowledge,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...There is no character without some speck, some imperfection ; and I think the greatest defect in tiis, he seemed to value others chiefly according to the progress that they had made in knowledge, yet he...
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Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 6

Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...prints, architecture, and gardening. His greatest defect was an affectation in delicacy, or ralher effeminacy, and a visible fastidiousness, or contempt...that weakness which disgusted Voltaire so much in Congreve. Though he seemed to value others chiefly according to the progress they had made in knowledge,...
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Works, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1838 - 716 pages
...but he was also a good man, a man of virtue and humanity. There is no character without some speck, some imperfection ; and I think the greatest defect...effeminacy, and a visible fastidiousness, or contempt ana disdain of his inferiors in science. He also had, in some degree, that weakness which disgusted...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 pages
...was also a good man, a man of virtue and humanity. There is no character without some speck, soriie eye from nice Ho also had, in some degree, that weakness which distrusted Voltaire so much in Mr. Congreve : though...
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Lives of the English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works ; And ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1840 - 522 pages
...but he was also a good man, a man of virtue and humanity. There is no character without some speck some imperfection ; and I think the greatest defect...effeminacy, and a visible fastidiousness, or contempt am disdain of his inferiors in science. He also had, in some degree, that weaknes which disgusted Voltaire...
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Environs of London: Western Division

John Fisher Murray - London (England) - 1842 - 322 pages
...he was also a good man, a man of virtue and humanity." " There is no character without some speck, some imperfection, and I think the greatest defect...had, in some degree, that weakness which disgusted M. Voltaire so much in Mr. Congreve; though he seemed to value others chiefly according to the progress...
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