 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 brilliance of wit ;...  Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets - Page 291by Samuel Johnson - 1861Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...animate his mafs of knowledge by a bright and aftive imagination ; a fcholar with great brilliancy of wit ; a wit, who, in the crowd of life, retained and difcovered a noble ardour of religious zeal. In this poem Pope feems to reckon with the publick. He... | |
 | samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 pages
...animate his mafs of knowledge by a bright and active imagination ; a fcholar with great brilliancy of wit ; a wit, who, in the crowd of life, retained and difcovered a noble ardour of religious zeal. In this poem Pope feenas to reckon with the puWick. He... | |
 | 1782 - 402 pages
...to animate his mafs of knowl-dge by a bright and aftive imagination: a fcholar with great brilliancy of wit; a wit, who in the crowd of life, retained and difcovered a notlc ardour of religions zeal." This frame compared with tranfcendent flcill. Of moving... | |
 | 1794 - 918 pages
...Uterature, and able to animate his mafs of knowledge, by a bright and aflive imagination ; a fcholar, with great brilliance of wit ; a wit, who in the crowd of Ufe retained and difcovcred a noble ardour of religious zr-1. In this epiftle, Pope vindicates himfclf... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 906 pages
...literature, and aMe to animate his mafs of knowledge, by a bright and active imagination ; a fcholar, with great brilliance of wit ; a wit, who in the crowd of life retained and difcovered a noble ardour of religious zeal. In this epiltle, Pope vindicates himfelf from cenfures,... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...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 ; a wit, who in the crowd of life retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...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 ; a wit, who in the crowd of life retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...comprehension, skilful in his profession, rersed'in ihe sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination ja scholar »itli great brilliance of wit ; a wit, who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered... | |
 | David Irving - English language - 1803 - 266 pages
...favourable reprefentations which meiv Ifcdge by a bright and active, imagination ; a fcholar w1t4i great brilliance of wit ; a wit who, in the crowd of life, 're-' tained and diicovered a noble ardour of religious zesl. give of their own minds, with the guilt... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright...great brilliance of wit ; a wit, who, in the crowd ot life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal. .In this poem Pope seems to reckon... | |
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