 | 1806 - 754 strani
...tainments of feveral lenguaces made him not a little ignorant of himfclf, he being fo covetous and ambitious of praife, that he would hear and endure...than he could in any meafure deferve, being like a (hip that has too much fail and too little ballaft. However, had he not fallen into the fmart hands... | |
 | 1834 - 614 strani
...languages, made him not a little ignorant of himself, he being so covetous, so ambitious of praise, that he would hear and endure more of it, than he could in any measure deserve ; being like a ship that has too much sail, and too little ballast. Yet, if he had... | |
 | 1822 - 386 strani
...;" and Terry, in his voyage in India, tells us, that he was " so covetous, so ambitious of praise, that he would hear and endure more of it than he could in any measure deserve, being like a ship that hath too much sail and too little ballast," which may account... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1822 - 426 strani
...delightful ;" and Terry, in his voyage in India, telh us, that he was " so covetous, so ambitious of praise, that he would hear and endure more of it than he could in any measure deserve, being like a ship that hath too much sail and too little ballast," which may account... | |
 | 1834 - 604 strani
...languages, made him not a little ignorant of himself, he being so covetous, so ambitious of praise, that he would hear and endure more of it, than he could in any measure deserve ; being like a ship that has too much sail, and too little ballast. Yet, if he had... | |
 | 1905 - 1262 strani
...says, " it made Coryat not a little ignorant of himself, he being so covetous and ambitious of praise that he would hear and endure more of it than he could in any measure deserve, being like a ship that hath too much sail and too little ballast." However, though... | |
 | William Foster - 1921 - 444 strani
...languages made him not a little ignorant of himself ; he being so covetous, so ambitious of praise that he would hear and endure more of it than he could in any measure deserve ; being like a ship that hath too much sail and too little ballast. Yet if he had not... | |
 | G.A. Natesan - 1923 - 928 strani
...languages made him not a little ignorant of himself, he being so oovetout, so ambitious of praise, that he would hear and endure more of it than he could in any measure deserve ; being like a ship that hath too much sail and too little ballast. Yet if he bad not... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - 744 strani
...his knowledge and high attainments in feveral languages made him not a little ignorant of himfelt, he being fo covetous, , fo ambitious of praife, that he would hear and en, dure more of it than he could in any meafure , deferve; being like a fhip that hath too much fail... | |
 | Thomas Betteridge - 2007 - 216 strani
...desires, and especially an omnivorous need for fame, 'he being so covetous, so ambitious of praise that he would hear and endure more of it than he could in any measure deserve'. He was 'not a little ignorant of himself, said Terry. 'Yet if he had not fall'n into... | |
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... more fame in his generation. But his knowledge and high attainments in several languages made him not a little ignorant of himself ; he being so covetous, so ambitious of praise that he would hear and endure more of it than he could in any measure... 