| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...not oppressed his imagination, nor clouded his perspicacity. To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original...multifarious to be always exact, and his pursuits too eager to be always cautious. His abilities gave him an haughty confidence, which he disdained to... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combination*, ami at once exerted the powers of the scholar, the reasoner,...multifarious to be always exact, and his pursuits too eager to be aVways cautious. His abilities gave him an haughty confidence, which lie disdained... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...not oppressed his imagination, nor clouded his perspicacity. To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile .of original...powers of the scholar, the reasoner, and the wit. Bat his knowledge was too multifarious to be always exact, and his pursuits too eager to be always... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combination*, and at once exerted the powers of the scholar, the reasoner, and the wil. But his knowledge was too mult i furious to be always exact, and his pursuit* too eager to IM?... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pages
...not oppressed his imagination nor clouded hit perspicacity. To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combinations, and at once exetted the powers of the scholar, tBe reasoner, and the wit. But his knowledge was too multifarious... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...not oppressed his imagination nor clouded his perspicacity. To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original...multifarious to be always exact, and his pursuits too eager to be always cautious. His abilities gave him an haughty confidence, which he disdained to... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 496 pages
...every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original comhinations; and at once exerted the powers of the scholar, the...always cautious. His abilities gave him a haughty consequence, which he disdained to conceal or mollify; and his impatience of opposition disposed him... | |
| John Nichols - 1812 - 736 pages
...not oppressed his imagination, nor clouded his perspicacity. To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original...multifarious to be always exact, and his pursuits too eager to be always cautious. His abilities gave him an haughty confidence, which he disdained to... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 220 pages
...not oppressed his imagination, nor clouded his perspicacity. To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original...multifarious to be always exact, and his pursuits too eager to be always cautious . His abilities gave him an haughty confidence, which he disdained... | |
| 1817 - 504 pages
...every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original comhinations ; and at once exerted the powers of the scholar, the...pursuits were too eager to be always cautious. His ahilities gave him a haughty consequence, which he disdained to conceal or mollify ; and his impatience... | |
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