 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
 | David Masson - 1871 - 636 Seiten
...with all his good qualities — to wit, " a narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree," and his " abjectness and want of courage to support him in any virtuous undertaking " — were subsequent discoveries.1 SIR WILLIAM WALLER, KKT. (Andover), cetat. 43. Possibly a relative... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1873 - 728 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 - 1873 - 950 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 m his nature to the lowest degree, an abjectness and want of courage to support him in any virtuous... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 898 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...height the vainest and most imperious nature could l>e contented with. .... It had power to reconcile him to those whom he had most offended and provoked,... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1877 - 400 Seiten
...of Edmund Waller's success in high circles, and where it craved wary walking, to his exercise of " servile flattery to the height the vainest and most imperious nature could be contented with it." We have South's word for it, that if ever you find an ignoramus in place and power, and can have... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 668 Seiten
...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...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 - 1880 - 828 Seiten
...and power of his wit and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magni tude 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 668 Seiten
...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...narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree, an abjectncss and want of courage to support him in any virtuous undertaking, an insinuation and servile... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1881 - 386 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...height the vainest and most imperious nature could be.contenled with It had power to reconcile him to those whom lie had most offended and provoked, and... | |
 | James Spedding - 1881 - 438 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 the lowest degree, — an abjectness and want of coinage to support him in any virtuous undertaking, — an insinuation and servile flattery to the... | |
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