 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
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 430 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 antient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination ;... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1819 - 396 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...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 - 1819 - 364 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...mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination ja scholar with great brilliance of wit; a wit who in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 404 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...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 - 1821 - 406 strani
...Arbuthnot ; 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 In this poem Pope seems to reckon with the publick. He vindicates himself from censures;... | |
 | 1821 - 426 strani
...learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. He was a man of great com* prehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences,...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... | |
 | Daniel Macintosh - 1821 - 408 strani
...Arbuthnot, the friend of Pope and Swift, is an author of varied excellence, of great comprehension, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature,...mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination. The philological abilities of Ruddiman, and his acquaintance with the circle of critical learning,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 466 strani
...Arbuthnot; a man estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. ArbuthYiot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with antient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination ;... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 308 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...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... | |
 | 1822 - 320 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...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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