 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 Seiten
...short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage," I believe with no other motive than religious zeal and honest indignation. He was...pertinacity ; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastick ; and with all those powers exalted and invigorated by just confidence in his cause. Thus... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 524 Seiten
...with no other motive than religious zeal and honest indignation. He was formed for a controverlist ; with sufficient learning ; with diction vehement and...pertinacity ; with wit, in the highest degree, keen and sarcastick ; and with all those powers exalted and invigorated by just confidence in his cause. Thus... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 532 Seiten
...Stage. » His qualities as a reformer are described hy Dr Johnson in language never to be amended. « He was formed for a controvertist; 'with sufficient...though often vulgar and incorrect; with unconquerable pertinacy; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastic; and with all those powers exalted and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 526 Seiten
...Stage.» His qualities as a reformer are described by Dr Johnson in language never to be amended. « He was formed for a controvertist; with sufficient...though often vulgar and incorrect; with unconquerable pertinacy; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastic; and with all those powers exalted and... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 564 Seiten
...Stage." His qualities as a reformer are described by Dr Johnson in language never to be amended. " He was formed for a controvertist ; with sufficient...and with all those powers exalted and invigorated by the just confidence in his cause. " Thus qualified, and thus incited, he walked out to battle, and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 566 Seiten
...Stage." His qualities as a reformer are described by Dr Johnson in language never to be amended. " He was formed for a controvertist ; with sufficient...and with all those powers exalted and invigorated by the just confidence in his cause. " Thus qualified, and thus incited, he walked out to battle, and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 344 Seiten
...Stage." His qualities as a reformer are described by Dr. Johnson in language never to be amended. " He was formed for a controvertist; with sufficient...and with all those powers exalted and invigorated by the just confidence in his cause. " Thus qualified, and thus incited, he walked out to battle, and... | |
 | John Genest - 1832 - 676 Seiten
...learning, with diction vehement and pointed, " tho' often vulgar and incorrect : with unconquer" able pertinacity : with wit in the highest degree " keen and sarcastic, and with all these powers " exalted and invigorated by just confidence in his " cause. * * * he lived to see the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 516 Seiten
...Stage." His qualities as a reformer are described by Dr Johnson in language never to be amended. " He was formed for a controvertist ; with sufficient...and with all those powers exalted and invigorated by the just confidence in his cause. Thus qualified, and thus incited, he walked out to llattle, and assailed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1835 - 472 Seiten
...short view of the immorality and prof aneness of the English stage, I believe with no other motive than religious zeal and honest indignation. He was...; with diction vehement and pointed, though often tvulgar and incorrect ; with unconquerable pertinacity ; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastic;... | |
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He was formed for a controvertist ; with sufficient learning ; with diction vehement and pointed, though often vulgar and incorrect : with unconquerable pertinacity ; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastick ; and with all those powers exalted... 
