 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1905 - 530 pages
...and full as ready and patient to admit of the reprehension of others in respect of his own oversight or mistakes. He was of very easy, I may say of very...that abhorred intrusion into any society whatsoever. ... By that means he was personally less known, and consequently his character might become liable... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1909 - 1122 pages
...him, and full as ready and patient to admit of the reprehension of others in respect of his oversight or mistakes. He was of very easy, I may say, of very...whatsoever. Indeed it is to be regretted that he was rather blamable in the other extreme; for, by that means, he was personally less known, and consequently his... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American literature - 1910 - 812 pages
...and full as ready and patient to admit of the reprehension of others, in respect of his own oversight or mistakes. He was of very easy, I may say, of very...Indeed, it is to be regretted, that he was rather blamable in the other extreme; for, by that means, he was personally less known, and, consequently,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1913 - 220 pages
...it, went beyond his professions. He was of a -±.-f very easy, of very pleasing access ; but somewhat slow, and, as it were, diffident in his advances to others : he had that in his nature which abhorred intrusion into any society what- 10 ever. He was therefore less known,... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1921 - 766 pages
...received them ; though his hereditary income was little more than a bare competency." And again : " He was of very easy, I may say of very pleasing, access...others. He had something in his nature that abhorred intmsion into any society whatsoever. Indeed, it is to be regretted that he was rather blameable in... | |
 | William Congreve - 1923 - 244 pages
...Overfight or Miftakes. He was of very eafy, I may fay, of very pleafing (183) Accesf : But fomething flow, and as it were diffident in his Advances to others. He had fomething in his Nature that abhorr'd Intrufion into any Society whatsoever. Indeed it is to be regretted,... | |
 | John Dryden, William Congreve, Samuel Johnson, Walter Scott - Authors, English - 1925 - 230 pages
...and full as ready and patient to admit of the reprehension of others in respect of his own oversight or mistakes. He was of very easy, I may say of very...it were diffident in his advances to others. He had 2179.21 B something in his nature that abhorred intrusion into any society whatsoever. Indeed it is... | |
 | Julie Stone Peters - Drama - 1990 - 312 pages
...description of Dryden's reticence suggests that the meeting was more probably at Congreve's own initiative: "He was of very easy, I may say of very pleasing Access:...Advances to others. He had something in his Nature that abhorr'd Intrusion into any Society whatsoever" (in Dryden, Dramatick Works, vol. 1 [epistle dedicatory]).... | |
 | Jennifer Andersen, Elizabeth Sauer - History - 2002 - 320 pages
...agree in describing his temperament as being naturally reserved. Congreve described Dryden as being "something slow, and as it were diffident in his Advances to others. He had something in his Nature that abhorr'd Intrusion into any Society whatsoever. Indeed it is to be regretted, that he was rather blameable... | |
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He was of very easy, I may say, of very pleasing access ; but something slow, and, as it were, diffident in his advances to others. He had something in his nature, that abhorred intrusion into any society whatsoever. 
