 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
 | Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 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 panegyric,... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1884 - 742 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 panegyric,... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1887 - 598 pages
...17, 1777, and some fire.' H. More's Memoirs, i. 403. piety Conversation best displays character. 31 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 - Authors, English - 1887 - 576 pages
...he has great enthusiasm and 4 See post, Sept. 17, 1777, and some fire.' H. M ore's Memoirs, i. 403. 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 - Authors, English - 1888 - 608 pages
...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, and not to be known from one another but by extrinsick and casual circumstances. ' Let me remember, (says Hale) when I find myself inclined to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1888 - 356 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 panegyric,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English essays - 1889 - 296 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 panegyric,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 574 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 panegyric,... | |
 | James Boswell - English literature - 1890 - 568 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 panegyric,... | |
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