| Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 406 páginas
...knowledge, his conversation must have been equally instructing and entertaining ; but he was also a good man, a man of virtue and humanity. There is no character...visible fastidiousness, or contempt and disdain of his inferiours 'in science. He also had, in some degree, that weakness which disgusted Voltaire so much... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 páginas
...knowledge, his conversation " must have been equally instructing and entertain" ing; but he was also a good man, a man of virtue " and humanity. There is no character...the " greatest defect in his was an affectation in deli" cacy, or rather effeminacy, and a visible fastidi" ousness, or contempt and disdain of his inferiors... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 404 páginas
...knowledge, his conversation " must have been equally instructing and entertain" ing; but lie was also a good man, a man of virtue «' and humanity. There is no character without " some speck, some imperfection ; aud I think the " greatest defect in his was an affectation in deli" cacy, or rather effeminacy,... | |
| Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - 548 páginas
...think it deserves, declaring himself to be only charmed with the bolder features of unadorned nature. There is no character without some speck, some imperfection ; and I think the delicacy, or rather effeminacy,* and a visible fastidiousness, or contempt and disdain of his inferiors... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 406 páginas
...knowledge, his conversation must have been equally instructing and entertaining ; but he was also a good man, a man of virtue and humanity. There is no character...visible fastidiousness, or contempt and disdain of his inferiours in science. He also had, in some degree, that weakness which disgusted Voltaire so much... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 284 páginas
...knowledge, his conversation must have been eqnally instructing and entertaining ; but he was also a good man, a man of virtue and humanity. There is no character...visible fastidiousness, or contempt and disdain of bis inferiors in science. He also bad, in some degree, that weakness which disgusted Voltaire so much... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 584 páginas
....knowledge, his conversation must have been equally instructing and entertaining' ; but he was also a good man, a man of virtue and humanity. There is no character...think the greatest defect in his was an affectation of delicacy, or rather effeminacy, and a visible fastidiousness, or contempt and disdain of his inferiors... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 404 páginas
...knowledge, his conversation must have been equally instructing and entertaining; but he was also a good man, a man of virtue and humanity. There is no character...which disgusted Voltaire so much in Mr. Congreve: though he seemed to value others chiefly according to the progress that they had made in knowledge,... | |
| ARTHUR MURPHY - 1823 - 616 páginas
...knowledge, his conversation must have been equally instructing and entertaining; but he was also a good man, a man of virtue and humanity. There is no character...that weakness which disgusted Voltaire so much in Mr. Congrevc : though he seemed to value others chiefly according to the progress that they had made in... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 410 páginas
...•'been equally instructing and entertaining; but he was also a good maiL a majuoLviitiie and humanity. _ There is no character without some speck, some imperfection...which disgusted Voltaire so much in Mr. Congreve: though he seemed to value others chiefly according to the progress that they had made in knowledge,... | |
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