 I cannot say he is everywhere alike; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid, his comic wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast But he is always great when...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. - Página 189por Samuel Johnson - 1809Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 416 páginas
...nature : he looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot say he is every where alike ; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest...of mankind. He is many times flat and insipid ; his comick wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. ' But he is always great... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 476 páginas
...nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot say he is every where alike ; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest...of mankind. He is many times flat and insipid ; his comick wit degenerating into clinches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great when... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 páginas
...nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot say he is every where alike ; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid ; his comic wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 páginas
...nature: lie looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot say he is every where alike ; were he so, I d heaped by one flood is scattered by another, lie is many times flat and insipid ; his comie wit degenerating into clenches, hiw serious swelling... | |
 | 1814 - 684 páginas
...such as were imposed on Lucretius, are weighty disqualifications for a poet ; yet, like Shakespear, he is always great when some great occasion is presented to him. The setting is rutle and old-fashioned, but the gems are of inestimable value. The co'mposition of... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 páginas
...nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot say he is every where alike ; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid ; his comic wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 406 páginas
...nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot say he is every where alike ; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid ; his comic wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 páginas
...nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot say he is every where alike ; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid; his comic wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 534 páginas
...nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot say he is every where alike ; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid ; his comic wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 520 páginas
...nature ; he looked inward*. and found her there. I cannot say he is every where alike; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. Ht is many times flat, insipid; his comic wit dege limiting into clenches, his serious swelling '^... | |
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