 | samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 pages
...animate his mafs of knowledge by a bright and active imagination ; a fcholar with great brilliancy of wit ; a wit, who, in the crowd of life, retained and difcovered a noble ardour of religious zeal. In this poem Pope feenas to reckon with the puWick. He... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...to be regretted that either honour or pleafure mould have been miffed by Arbuthnot ; a man eftimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety, Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehenfion, fkilful in his profeffion, verfed in the fciences, acquainted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 418 pages
...be regretted that either honour or pleafure fhoukl have been miffed by Arbuthnot ; a man eftimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehenfion,.flulful in his proftffion,verfed in the fciences, acquainted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...animate his mafs of knowledge by a bright and aftive imagination ; a fcholar with great brilliancy of wit ; a wit, who, in the crowd of life, retained and difcovered a noble ardour of religious zeal. In this poem Pope feems to reckon with the publick. He... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 522 pages
...animate his mafs of knowledge by a bright and active imagination ; a fcholar with great brilliancy of wit ; a wit, who, in the crowd of life, retained and difcovered a noble ardour of religious zeal. In this poem Pope feems to reckon with the publick. He... | |
 | 1782 - 402 pages
...to animate his mafs of knowl-dge by a bright and aftive imagination: a fcholar with great brilliancy of wit; a wit, who in the crowd of life, retained and difcovered a notlc ardour of religions zeal." This frame compared with tranfcendent flcill. Of moving... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...be regretted, that either honour or pleafure fhould have been mifled by Arbuthnot; a man eftimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehenfion, Ikilful in his profeffion, verfed in the fciences, acquainted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...be regretted, that either honour or pleafure fhovdd have been mifled by Arbuthnot ; a man eftimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehenfion, fldlful in his profemon, verfe.d in the fciences, acquainted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 pages
...be regretted, that either honour or pleafure fhould have been miffed by Arbuthnot ; a man eftimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of gr^at comprehenfion, fkilful in his profeffion, verfed in the fciences, acquainted... | |
 | 1794 - 918 pages
...Uterature, and able to animate his mafs of knowledge, by a bright and aflive imagination ; a fcholar, with great brilliance of wit ; a wit, who in the crowd of Ufe retained and difcovcred a noble ardour of religious zr-1. In this epiftle, Pope vindicates himfclf... | |
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Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination ; a scholar with great brilliance of wit ;... 
