 | 1792 - 684 pages
...his having a loud voice, and a flow deliberate utterance. He united a moft logical bead with a moft fertile imagination, which gave him an extraordinary advantage in arguing ; for he could reafon ciofe or wide, аз he faw beft for tbt moment. Exulting in his intelleflual ftrength and dexterity,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1785 - 518 pages
...peculiar perfpicuity and force, in rich and choice expreflion. He united a mod logical head with a me it fertile imagination, which gave him an extraordinary advantage in arguing ; for he could reaxn clofe or wide, as he faw bcu toi the moment. He could, when he chofe it, be the gre.iu,, lophift... | |
 | 1785 - 610 pages
...peculiar pcrfpicuity and foicc.in rich and choice cxprelfion. He united a nioft logical head with a mod fertile imagination, which gave him an extraordinary advantage in arguing; for he could reafon clole or wide, as he faw bed for the moment. He could, when he choie it, be the Created fophifi... | |
 | James Boswell - 1785 - 546 pages
...peculiar perfpicuity and force, in rich and choice expreffion. He united a moft logical head with a moft fertile imagination, which gave him an extraordinary advantage in arguing ; for he could reafon clofe or wide, as he faw beft for the moment. He could, when he chofe it, be the greateft fophift... | |
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 pages
...knowledge, which he communicated with peculiar perspicuity and force, in rich and choice expression. He united a most logical head with a most fertile imagination,...; but he indulged this only in conversation ; for he owned he sometimes talked 1 See ante, \. 318. 1 Afterwards Lord Stowell. He, his brother Lord Eldon,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1787 - 608 pages
...peculiar perfpitaity and force, in rich and choice expreffion. He united a moft logical head with a moft fertile imagination, which gave him an extraordinary advantage in arguing ; for he could reafon clofe or wide, as he faw beft for the moment. He could, when he chofe it, be the greateft fophift... | |
 | 1791 - 302 pages
...peculiar perfpicuity and force, in rich and choice expreffion. He united a. mod logical head with a moft fertile imagination, which gave him an extraordinary advantage in arguing ; for he could reafon clofe or wide, as he faw beft for the moment. He could, when he chofe it, be the greateft fophift... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1792 - 612 pages
...hi] having a loud voice, and a flow deliberate utterance. He united a moit logical head with a moll fertile imagination, which. gave him an extraordinary advantage in arguing ; for he could reafon clofe or wide, as he faw beft for the moment. Exulting ia his intellectual ftrength and dexterity,... | |
 | 512 pages
...peculiar perfpicuity and force, in rich and choict expreffion. He united a moft logical head with a mod fertile imagination, which gave him an extraordinary advantage in arguing ; for he could reafon clofe or wide as he faw beft for the momoment. He could, when he chofe it, be the greateft fophift... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...elegant choice of expression, and a slow, deliberate utterance. He united a mos{ logical head with a fertile imagination, which gave him an extraordinary...reason close or wide, as he saw best for the moment. Exulting in his intellectual strength and dexterity, he could, when he pleased, be the greatest sophist... | |
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In him were united a most logical head with a most fertile imagination, which gave him an extraordinary advantage in arguing: for he could reason close or wide, as he saw best for the moment. 
