His abilities gave him an haughty confidence, which he disdained to conceal or mollify; and his impatience of opposition disposed him to treat his adversaries with such contemptuous superiority as made his readers commonly his enemies, and excited against... The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 118by Samuel Johnson - 1824Full view - About this book
| sir John Bowring - 1879 - 626 pages
...always exact, and his pursuits were too eager to be always cautious. His abilities gave him a haughty confidence which he disdained to conceal or mollify...such contemptuous superiority as made his readers [in Johnson's case hearers would be more applicable] commonly his enemies, and excited against the... | |
| Charles Churchill - 1880 - 740 pages
...and his pursuits were too eager to be always cautious. His abilities gave him a haughty consequence, which he disdained to conceal or mollify; and his...metuant;" he used no allurements of gentle language, bit wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without... | |
| 1888 - 576 pages
...cautious. His abilities gave him an haughty confidence, which he disdained to conceal or mollify; and h,s impatience of opposition disposed him to treat his...against the advocate the wishes of some who favoured tho cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman emperor's determination, cderint dum metuant ; he used... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1871 - 542 pages
...be always exact, and his pursuits too eager to be always cautious. His abilities gave him a haughty confidence, which he disdained to conceal or mollify...advocate the wishes of some who favoured the cause. lie seems to have adopted the Roman emperor's determination, " oderint dum metuant ; " he used no allurements... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1871 - 542 pages
...be always exact, and his pursuits too eager to be always cautious. His abilities gave him a haughty confidence, which he disdained to conceal or mollify...commonly his enemies, and excited against the advocate tho wishes of some who favoured the cause. lie seems to have adopted the Roman emperor's determination,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 228 pages
...exact, and his pursuits were too eager to be always cautious. His abilities 30 gave him an haughty confidence, which he disdained to conceal or mollify...who favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Eoman Emperors determination, oderint dum metuant ; he used no allurements of gentle language, but... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1899 - 836 pages
...cautious. His abilities gavo him a haughty confidence, which he disclaimed to conceal or modify; and hie impatience of opposition disposed him to treat his adversaries with such contemptuous superiority не inad*- hie readers commonly his enemies, and excited against the advocate the wishes of some who... | |
| 1900 - 570 pages
...be always exact, and his pursuits too eager to be always cautious. His abilities gave him an haughty confidence, which he disdained to conceal or mollify;...against the advocate the wishes of some who favoured tha cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman emperor's determination, pierint dum metuant; he used... | |
| 1903 - 464 pages
...liis pursuits were too eager to be always cautious. H'« abilities gave him a haughty consequence, which he disdained to conceal or mollify ; and his...adopted the Roman Emperor's determination, 'oderint dummetuant;' he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade."... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 pages
...always exact, and his pursuits were too eager to be always cautious. His abilities gave him an haughty confidence which he disdained to conceal or mollify,...gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade2. 185 His style is copious without selection, and forcible without neatness ; he took the... | |
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