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" 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 to... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson - Seite 257
von Samuel Johnson - 1816
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ...

1784 - 778 Seiten
...it was of mag" nitude enough to cover a world of very great faults ; " tliat is, fo to cover diem, that they were not taken " notice of to his reproach ; viz. a narrownefs in his na" ture to the loweft degree ; an abjednefs and want of '" courage to fupport him...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 Seiten
...more be faid to extol the excellence and power of " his wit, and pleafantnefs of his converfation, than " that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world " of very great faults; that is, fo to cover them, that '* they were not taken notice of to his reproach; viz. a " narrownefs in his...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 Seiten
...more be faid to extol the excellence and power of " his wit, and pleafantnefs of his converfation, than " that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world " of very great faults; that is, fo to cover them, that " they were not taken notice of to his reproach; viz. a " narrownefs in his...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets,: With Critical ..., Band 1

Samuel Johnson - 1790 - 508 Seiten
...converfa" tion, than that it was of magnitude enough " to cover a world of very great faults; that " is, fo to cover them, that they were not, " taken notice of to his reproach; viz. a ** narrownefs in his nature to the loweft ** degree ; an abjectnefs and want of courage. ** to fupport...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Band 2

English poets - 1790 - 344 Seiten
...converfation, than that it was " of magnitude enough to cover a world ot " very great faults ; that is, fo to cover them, that " they were not taken notice of to his reproach ; •" viz. a narrownefs in his nature to the loweft " degree ; an abjeftnefs and want of courage to " fupport him...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Band 2

1792 - 528 Seiten
...more to be faid to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleafantncls of his converfation, than that it was of magnitude enough, to cover a world of very great faults ; that is, fo to cover 3'* 3*9 them, that .they were not taken notice of to his reproach : viz. a narrownefs in...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 Seiten
...more be faid to extol the " excellence and power of his wit, and pleafantnefs " of his converfation, than that it was of magnitude " enough to cover a world of very great faults; that " is, fo to cover them, that they were not taken no" tice of to his reproach, viz. a narrownefsin his na*...
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Characters of Eminent Men in the Reigns of Charles I and II: Including the ...

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1793 - 268 Seiten
...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...that they were not taken notice of to his reproach ; namely, a narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree ; an abjectness and want of courage to support...
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The Life of Edward, Earl of Clarendon ...

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1798 - 326 Seiten
...Converfation, than that it was of Magnitude enough, to cover a World of very great Faults, that is, fo to covpr them , that They were not taken !Notice of to his Reproach ; viz a Narrownefs in his Nature to the loweft Degree; an Abjectnefs, and Want of Courage to fupport him in...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 Seiten
...more be said to " extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of his conver" sation, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world...and want of courage to support him in any virtuous uncler" taking ; an insinuation and servile flattery to the height, the vainest and "most imperious...
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