But these men attained literary eminence in spite of their weaknesses. Boswell attained it by. reason of his weaknesses. If he had not been a great fool, he would never have been a great writer. Macaulay's Life of Samuel Johnson - Page 31by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 94 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1831 - 652 pages
...society a mere simpleton. His blunders would not come in amiss among the stories of Hierocles. But these men attained literary eminence in spite of their...attained it by reason of his weaknesses. If he had iiot been a great fool, he would never have been a great writer. Without all the qualities which made... | |
| 1832 - 428 pages
...come in amiss among the stories of Hierocles. I >u Uhtise men attained literary eminence iir'spite of their weaknesses. Boswell attained it by reason...torment of those among whom he lived, — without the officiousness, the inquisitiveness, the effrontery, the toad-eating, the insensibility to all reproof,... | |
| 1832 - 424 pages
...society a mere simpleton. His blunders would not come in amiss among the stories of Hierocles. But these men attained literary eminence in spite of their...'attained it by reason of his weaknesses. If he had not beena great fool, he would never have been a great writer. Without all the qualities which made him... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 516 pages
...society a mere simpleton. His blunders would not come in amiss among the stories of Hierocles. But these men attained literary eminence in spite of their...torment of those among whom he lived, — without the ofRciousness, the inquisitiveness, the effrontery, the toadeating, the insensibility to all reproof,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 410 pages
...society a mere simpleton. His blunders would not come in amiss among the stories of Hierocles. But these men attained literary eminence in spite of their...him the jest and the torment of those among whom he lived—without the oificiousness, the inquisitiveness, the effrontery, the toadeating, the insensibility... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...society a mere simpleton. His blunders would not come in amiss among the stories of Hierocles. But icated by any public measure. An intimate knowledge of the domestic history of nations is therefore the officiousness, the Inquisitiveness, the effrontery, the toad-eating, the insensibility to all reproof,... | |
| 1849 - 1428 pages
...ever lived ; and he has beaten them all." Again ; after mentioning some distinguished writers : " But these men attained literary eminence in spite of their...great fool, he would never have been a great writer." And again ; " He had indeed a quick observation and a retentive memory. These qualities, if he had... | |
| 1849 - 736 pages
...ever lived ; and he has beaten them all." Again ; after mentioning some distinguished writers : " But these men attained literary eminence in spite of their...weaknesses. If he had not been a great fool, he would петег have been a great writer." And again ; " He had indeed a quick observation and a retentive... | |
| 1852 - 780 pages
...society a mere simpleton. His blunders would not come in amiss among the stories of Hierocles. But trembling 1m would never have been a great writer. Without all the qualities which made him the jest and the... | |
| 1853 - 848 pages
...fool, ho would never have been a great writer." This assertion he supports by such remarks as these : " Without all the qualities which made him the jest...the torment of those among whom he lived, without the officiousness, the inquisitiveness, the effrontery, the toad-eating, the insensibility to all reproof,... | |
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