 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1882 - 1084 pages
...stroLg personal dislike towards VOL. II.— 12 Waller, speaks of him thus : " There needs no moi-v to be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit...pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magni tude enough to cover a world of very great faults, that is, so to cover them that they were hot... | |
 | George Crabb - English language - 1882 - 876 pages
...SMALKIDGE. There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, than that it WHS of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults, that is, a narrowness in his nature to the fittrt-Mt degree, an ubjecfn*1** and want of couruge, aa insinuating... | |
 | George Crabb - English language - 1882 - 876 pages
...MILTOM. MADNESS 597 We fast not to please men, nor to promote any mean worldly interest. SMAULIDGE. There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power uf his wit, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults, that is, a... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - English literature - 1883 - 1254 pages
...reason to feel, strong personal dislike towards Waller, speaks of him thus . " There needs no more to be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit...his reproach, viz. a narrowness in his nature to the íowest degree, an abjectness and want of courage to support him in any virtuous undertaking, an insinuation... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883 - 876 pages
...feel, strong personal dislike towards Waller, speaks of him thus : " There needs no more to be -£¡¡1 to extol the excellence and power of his wit and pleasantness of his conversation, than tliat it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults, that is, so to cover them that... | |
 | Augustus De Morgan - 1885 - 176 pages
...used in the whole meaning. But when the same Clarendon speaks of the same Waller, to extol him for ' the excellence and power of his wit and pleasantness of his conversation,' he might be taken as speakingof his discourse only ; though since wit is an important part of communication,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1890 - 1100 pages
...reason to feel, strong personal dislike towards Waller, speaks of him thus: "There needs no more to < euough to cover a world of very great faults, that is, so to cover them that they were not taken notice... | |
 | Charles John Smith - English language - 1890 - 802 pages
...despised, but men in power ma v do base things, and may be dreadeo! without being at all despised. " There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and, power of his wit, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults — that is, a narrowness... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1892 - 934 pages
...reason to feel, strong personal dislike towards Waller, speaks of him thus : "There needs no more to l contests with foreign nations Again, on our principles,...religious instruction, however sound, in such a manner, a faults—that is, so to cover them that they were not taken notice of to his reproach—viz., a narrowness... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1895 - 934 pages
...reason to feel, strong personal dislike towards Waller, speaks of him thus : " There needs no more to ؟ magnitucie enough to cover a world of very great faults, that is, so to cover them that they were not... | |
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There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit. and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults ; that is, so to cover them, that they were not taken notice of... 
