 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
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1854 - 314 strani
...I 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... | |
 | New general biographical dictionary - 1857 - 528 strani
...His friends were most warmly attached to him. Dr. Johnson gives him high praise. He extols him as " a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession,...acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his knowledge by a bright and active imagination ; a scholar with great brilliance of wit ; a wit, who... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1857 - 562 strani
...him. Dr. Johnson gives him high praise. He extols him as “a man of great comprehension, skilfist in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his knowledge by a bright and active imaginatiomi; a scholar wmth great brilliance of wit; a wit, who in... | |
 | Royal College of Physicians of London - 1861 - 474 strani
...moral, and religious virtues. " He was," says Dr. Johnson, " a man of great comprehension : skflfol in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his ma» of knowledge by a bright and active imagination— a scholar with great brilliance of wit—a... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1862 - 432 strani
...and Measures. Miscellaneous Works of John. 12mo. 2 vols. Glasgow, 1751. " Arbuthnot," says Johnson, " was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession,...retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal."—(Life of 1'ope.) Tract by George. See Money, Coins, &c. Aeiosto : Orlando Furioso di Lodovico... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1865 - 426 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...knowledge by a bright and active imagination; a scholar wit h great brilliancy of wit; a wit, who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 334 strani
...than I am, my dear friend, your most faithful friend and humble servant. "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 crow_d of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 476 strani
...l am, my dear friend, your most faithful friend and humble servant," '' Arbuthnot," Johnson says, " was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession,...literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a brigh - . and active imagination; a scholar with great brilliance of wit; a wit who, in the :rowd of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 strani
...am, my dear friend, your most faithful friend and humble servant.' " "•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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 strani
...I am, my dear friend, your most faithful friend and humble servant.' " " 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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