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" 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 31
by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 94 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 54

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...
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The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 8

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,...
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The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 8

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...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 2

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,...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 2

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...
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous

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,...
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The American Whig Review

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...
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The American Whig Review, Volume 3; Volume 9

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...
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The Modern British Essayists: Macaulay, T.B. Essays

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...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 1; Volume 37

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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