| 1847 - 424 pages
...work, he brought a memory fall fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combinations. • But his knowledge was too multifarious to be always exact, and his pursuits too eager to be always cautious. His abilitics gave him an haughty confidence, which he disdained to... | |
| 1847 - 426 pages
...work, he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original combinations. Cut his knowledge was too 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 - 1850 - 510 pages
...norcloudcd his perspicacity. To every work ic brought a memory full fraught, together with a "ancy fertile of original combinations, and at once exerted the powers of the scholar, the rcasoner, and the wit. Hot his knowledge was too multifarious to be always exact, and his pursuit*... | |
| Francis Lieber - 1851 - 544 pages
...not oppressed his imagination, nor clouded his perspicuity. To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original...always cautious. His abilities gave him a haughty consequence, which he disdained to correct or mollify ; and his impatience of opposition disposed him... | |
| John Gorton - 1851 - 690 pages
...imagination, nor clouded hie perspicuity. To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with * fancy fertile of original combinations ; and at once...knowledge was too multifarious to be always exact, and hi* pursuits were too eager to be always cautious. His abilities gave him a haughty conRi^ueace, which... | |
| Hugh James Rose - 1853 - 566 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 combinations ; and at once ex* erted the powers of the scholar, the reasoner, and the wit. But his knowledge was too multifarious... | |
| Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1854 - 378 pages
...had not oppressed his imagination nor clouded his perspicuity. To every work he brought o memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original...be always exact, and his pursuits were too eager to to always cautions. His abilities gave him a haughty consequence, which he disdained to concealer mollify;... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 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 a haughty confidence, which he disdained to... | |
| Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1854 - 364 pages
...had not oppressed his imagination nor clouded his perspicuity. To every work he brought a memory full fraught, together with a fancy fertile of original...knowledge was too multifarious to be always exact, arid his pursuits were too eager to be always cautious. His abilities gave him a haughty consequence,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 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 a haughty confidence, which he disdained to... | |
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