 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
 | ARTHUR MURPHY - 1823
...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...profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with antient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination; a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824
...missed by Arbuthnot: a man estimable for his \eaxtan^,, am-sMve. fet Vsss I'fe, and venerable for Yus Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful...profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with antient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination; a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825
...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...retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal. In this poem Pope seems to reckon with the pnblick. He vindicates himself from censures; and with dignity,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825
...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...who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a nohie ardour of religious zeal. 'to. /I I Into this poem are interwoven several paragraphs which had... | |
 | David Irving - 1825 - 312 strani
...in particular, are entitled to the highest praise.* Swift's also are unaffected; they exhibit his * Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension; skilful...acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate bis mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination: a scholar with great brilliance of wit; a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 522 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...profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with aucient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination; a... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1829 - 13 strani
...contemporaries nud of his works :—" A. was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his practice, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature,...bright and active imagination ; a scholar, with great brilliance of wit ; n wit, who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardor of religious... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 442 strani
...was a man of great comprehension, fikilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, ac quaint t*d with ancient literature, and able to animate his mass...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... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832
...Henry Grove, 1738. d. Taunton. Dr. Anthony Askew, 1774. d. Hampstead. John Scott, 1821.d. ChalkFarm. He was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession,...retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal. of Lyons, dc 650. St. AInoth, of England, Martjr, c. 7th Century. Johnam on Arbnthnot. It is not possible... | |
 | John Burke - 1833
...estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot," he continues, " was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession,...of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religions zeal." t The first of this family was Hugh de Aberbothenoth, who took his surname from the... | |
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