| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 páginas
...ledge, 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...which disgusted " Voltaire so much in Mr. Congreve : though he seemed to value others " chiefly according to the progress they had made in knowledge,... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 páginas
...for June 1775, he is styled rector of Mamhead in Devonshire. humanity. There is no character without some imperfection; and I think the greatest defect...that weakness which disgusted Voltaire so much in Mr. Congreve-f: though he seemed to value others, chiefly according to the progress they had made in knowledge... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 páginas
...instructing and entertain" ing ; but he was also a good man, a man of virtue and humanity. There " is ro 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 they had made in knowledge,... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 páginas
...conversation must have been equally instructive and entertaining ; but he was also a good man, a well-bred man, a man of virtue and humanity. There is no character without some imperfection ; and I think the greatest defect in his was an affectation in delicacy, or rather effeminacy*,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 páginas
...knowledge, his conversation must have been equally instructing and entertaining: but lie was also a good man, a man of virtue and humanity. There is no character without some speck, some imperfection; and 1 think thr greatest defect in his was an affectation in delicacy, or rather effeminacy, and a visible... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 páginas
...conversation must have been equally in" structing and entertaining; but he was also a good " man, a well-bred man, a man of virtue and humanity. " There is no character without some speck, some im" perfection; and I think the greatest defect in his was an affectation in delicacy, or rather effeminacy... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 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...weakness 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,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 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...rather effeminacy, and a visible fastidiousness, or contempl and disdain of his inferiors in science. He also had, in some degree, that weakness which... | |
| Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 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...in his, was an affectation in delicacy, or rather effeminancy, and a visible fastidiousness, or contempt and dis.<3ain of his inferiors in science. He... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 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...defect in his was an affectation in delicacy, or rather efleminacv, and a visible fastidiousness, or contempt and disdain of his inferiors in science. He also... | |
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