 There needs no 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...  The North American Review - Seite 3781860Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1857 - 574 Seiten
...and power of his wit, and pleasantness of his conversation, than that :; was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults; that is, so to...narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree; an abject ness and want )f courage to support him in any virtuous undertaking; in insinuation and servile... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 Seiten
...and power of his wit and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough to Phi y/ — namely, a narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree — an atjectness and want of courage to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 512 Seiten
...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...and most imperious nature could be contented with. ... It had power to reconcile him to those whom he had most offended and provoked, and continued to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1008 Seiten
...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...taken notice of to his reproach, viz. a narrowness Ui his nature to the lowest degree, an abjectness and Want of courage to support him in any virtuous... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 820 Seiten
...faults — that is, so to cover them 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 supDort him in any virtuous undertaking — an insinuation and servile flattery to the height the vainest... | |
 | John Forster - 1860 - 510 Seiten
...converlhtion, 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." Clamidun, Life, i. 5.5-. Reparation made. refufing his unjuft demands; and fuch advice to a Parliament,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 752 Seiten
...faults — that is, so to cover them that they were not taken notice of to his reproach — namely, a space. In the additions which Bacon afterwards..."Essays," there is nothing superior in truth or weight It had power to reconcile him to those whom he had most offended and provoked, and continued to his... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 422 Seiten
...reproaeh — namely a narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree — an abjeetness and want of eourage to support him in any virtuous undertaking — an...to the height the vainest and most imperious nature eould be eontented with It had power to reeoneile him to those whom he had most offended and provoked,... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 734 Seiten
...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...and most imperious nature could be contented with. ... It had power to reconcile him to those whom he had most offended and provoked, and continued to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 758 Seiten
...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...and most imperious nature could be contented with. ... It had power to reconcile him to those whom he had most offended and provoked, and continued to... | |
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