 | Biography - 1784 - 778 pages
...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 pages
...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 - English literature - 1787 - 498 pages
...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... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 344 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Poets, English - 1790 - 508 pages
...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... | |
 | History - 1792 - 528 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1793 - 268 pages
...considered, which gave a great lustre to all he said ; which was yet rather of delight than weight. There needs no more be said to extol the excellence...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... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1798 - 326 pages
...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 - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...considered, which gave a great lustre to all he said ; which, " yet was father of delight than weight. There needs no 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 of very " great faults ; that... | |
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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... 
