 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...  Bell's Edition - Page xxxvby John Bell - 1784Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1858 - 418 pages
...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 to his reproach, viz.. a narrowness in his nature... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 pages
...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 to his reproach — namely, a narrowness in his... | |
 | John Forster - Grand Remonstrance, 1641 - 1860 - 510 pages
...no more be faid to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleafantnefs of his converlhtion, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world...they were not taken notice of to his • reproach." Clamidun, Life, i. 5.5-. Reparation made. refufing his unjuft demands; and fuch advice to a Parliament,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1860 - 1008 pages
...more to bo 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 to his reproach, viz. a narrowness m Ins nature... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1897 - 950 pages
...more to bo 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 to his reproach, viz. a narrowness in his nature... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1860 - 964 pages
...more to bo 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 faultfl, that is, so to cover them that they were not taken notice of to his reproach, viz. a narrowness... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1861 - 860 pages
...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 to his reproach, viz. я narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree, an abjectness and want of courage to support him... | |
 | George Crabb - English language - 1863 - 546 pages
...be abject ; ' There needs no more be said to eitol Uic excellence and power of his (Waller's)* wit, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great fault#,that is, a narrow* nese in hie nature to the lowest degree, an abjcctness and want of courage,... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 734 pages
...more to 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 to his reproach, viz. a narrowness in his nature... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 758 pages
...more to 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 to his reproach, viz. a narrowness in his nature... | |
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