 | 1900 - 570 pagina’s
...through it. He EARLY LIFE. was so good-natured and so indolent that I lost more than I got hy him, for he made me as idle as himself. He was such a sloven,...as if he had trusted to his genius as a cloak for everything that could disgust you in his person ; and indeed in his writings he has almost made amends... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - 346 pagina’s
...when I passed through it. He was so good-natured and so indolent that I lost more than I got by him, for he made me as idle as himself. He was such a sloven,...as if he had trusted to his genius as a cloak for everything that could disgust you in his person ; and indeed in his writings he has almost made amends... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1905 - 284 pagina’s
...way, except Ovid. . . . He was so good-natured, and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him ; for he made me as idle as himself. He was such a sloven,...as if he had trusted to his genius as a cloak for everything that could disgust you in his person. ... I remember seeing the Duke of Richmond set fire... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1905 - 288 pagina’s
...way, except Ovid. . . . He was so good-natured, and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him ; for he made me as idle as himself. He was such a sloven,...as if he had trusted to his genius as a cloak for everything that could disgust you in his person. ... I remember seeing the Duke of Richmond set fire... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1905 - 286 pagina’s
...way, except Ovid. . . . He was so good-natured, and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him ; for he made me as idle as himself. He was such a sloven, as if be had trusted to his genius as a cloak for everything that could disgust you in his person. ... I... | |
 | 1906 - 410 pagina’s
...I passed through it. He was so good-natured, and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him ; for he made me as idle as himself. He was such a sloven,...as if he had trusted to his genius as a cloak for everything that could disgust you in his person ; and indeed in his writings he has almost made amends... | |
 | James Alexander Roy - 1914 - 196 pagina’s
..." He was so good-natured,'' the poet wrote, *' and so indolent that I lost more than I got by him, for he made me as idle as himself. He was such a sloven,...as if he had trusted to his genius as a cloak for everything that could disgust you in his person ; and indeed in his writings he has almost made amends... | |
 | 1820 - 684 pagina’s
...I (Kissed through it. He was so good natural, and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him ; for he made me as idle as himself. He was such a sloven,...person ; and indeed in his writings, he has almost amends for all. His humour is entirely original — he can speak of a magpie or a cat, in terms so... | |
 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1895 - 546 pagina’s
...of the goodness of heart. TF" He was noted, too, for extreme slovenliness in attire. Cowper says : "He was such a sloven, as if he had trusted to his genius as a cloak for everything that could disgust you in his person ; and indeed in his writings he has almost made amends... | |
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I love him, too, with a love of partiality, because he was usher of the fifth form at -Westminster, when I passed through it He was so good-natured, and so indolent, that I lost more than I got by him ; for he made me as idle as himself. He was such a... 
