 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 brilliancy of wit ;...  Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life (v.l, 1709-1765 - Stran 425avtor: James Boswell - 1887Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1892 - 554 strani
...said he was ' a man estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful...bright and active imagination ; a scholar with great brilliance of wit ; a wit who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1892 - 426 strani
...excellent physician, a man of deep learning, and a man of much humor "; " a scholar with great brilliance of wit ; a wit who in the crowd of life retained and discovered a noble ardor of religious zeal." In our own day still the note of admiration is caught up, and Thackeray declares... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hepburn Millar - 1896 - 316 strani
...amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilled in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted...retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal. In this poem Pope seems to reckon with the public. He vindicates himself from censures; and with dignity,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1896 - 510 strani
...asked and thanked Richardson in one of the most delightful letters that ever was penned, * — and ancient literature, and able to animate his mass of...bright and active imagination ¡ a scholar with great brilliance of wit ; a wit who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a coble ardor of religious... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1896 - 500 strani
...I am, my dear friend, your most faithful friend and humble servant." " Arbuthuot," Johnson says, " was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with the generous Oxford; the magnificent, the witty, the famous, and chivalrous Peterborough : these were... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 828 strani
...am, my dear friend, your most faithful friend and humble servant.' " " Arbuthnot," Johnson says, " was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession,...bright and active imagination ; a scholar with great brilliance of wit; a wit who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 236 strani
...by Arbuthnot; a man estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful...animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active 30 imagination ; a scholar with great brilliance of wit; a wit who, in the crowd of life, retained... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1902 - 818 strani
...pp. 1411, 1412. A man estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful...bright and active imagination; a scholar with great brilliance of wit ; a wit who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1902 - 810 strani
...pp. 1411, 1412. A man estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful...bright and active imagination; a scholar with great brilliance of wit ; a wit who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1902 - 474 strani
...always had a good opinion, and can now confirm it from my own experience. ' Arbuthnot,' Johnson says, 'was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his...bright and active imagination ; a scholar with great brilliance of wit; a wit who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious... | |
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