 | James Boswell - 1889 - 574 pagina’s
...gay world without exemption from its vices or its follies ; but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind. His belief of revelation was unshaken...books was great, and what he did not immediately know, he could, at least, tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 566 pagina’s
...gay world without exemption from its vices or its follies ; but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind. His belief of revelation was unshaken...books was great, and what he did not immediately know, he could, at least, tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 462 pagina’s
...exemption from its vices or its follies, but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind ; liis belief of Revelation was unshaken ; his learning preserved...was great ; and what he did not immediately know, he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1890 - 474 pagina’s
...gay world, without exemption from its vices or its follies, but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind ; his belief of Revelation was unshaken...was great ; and what he did not immediately know, he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 pagina’s
...gay world without exemption from its vices or its follies ; but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind. His belief of revelation was unshaken;...books was great, and what he did not immediately know, he could, at least, tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness... | |
 | Edmund William Gosse - 1891 - 462 pagina’s
...gay world, without exemption from its vices or its follies, but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind ; his belief of Revelation was unshaken...was great ; and what he did not immediately know, he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 440 pagina’s
...gay world, without exemption from its vices or its follies, but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind ; his belief of Revelation was unshaken...was great ; and what he did not immediately know, he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 460 pagina’s
...gay world, without exemption from its vices or its follies, but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind ; his belief of Revelation was unshaken...was great ; and what he did not immediately know, he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1891 - 286 pagina’s
...vices or its follies, but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind; his belief of Eevelation was unshaken ; his learning preserved his principles;...books was great; and what he did not immediately know he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 704 pagina’s
...the gay world without exemption from its vice or its follies, but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind ; his belief of revelation was unshaken...books was great ; and what he did not immediately know he could at least tell where to find. Such was his amplitude of learning, and such his copiousness... | |
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His studies had been so various, that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great, and what he did not immediately know, he could at least tell where to find. 
