 Tenderness, overpower his Fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There are many who think it an Act of Piety to hide the Faults or Failings of their Friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their Detection; we therefore see whole...  The Rambler - Page 140by Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 463 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1750 - 228 pages
...overpower his fidelity, and and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There are many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their friends,...therefore fee whole ranks of characters adorned with uniforin panegyric ; and not to be known from one another, but by extrinfic and cafual circumftances.... | |
 | 1785 - 596 pages
...an an of piety to hide the i'aula or failings of their friends, even when they can no lonprr fuffcr by their detection ; we therefore fee whole ranks...panegyrick, and not to be known from one another, but by extrinGck and cafui! ciiciimilanccs. ' Let me remember,' fays Hale, ' when I find myfelf inclin' ixl... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There are many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their friends,...panegyrick, and not to be known from one another, but by extrinfick and cafual circumftances. " Let me remember,." lays Hale, " when I find myfelf inclined... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787
...overpower his ridelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There are many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their friends,...panegyrick, and not to be known from one another,. but by extrinfick and cafual circumftances. " Let me remember," fays Hale, 'c when I find myfelf inclined... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pages
...overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There are many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their friends,...panegyrick, and not to be known from one another, but by extrinfick and cafual circumftances. " Let me remember," fays Hale, " when I find myfelf inclined to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There are many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection ; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with, uniform panegyrick,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if^not to invent. There are many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection ; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyrick,... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent There are many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection ; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyrick,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 340 pages
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