 | James Boswell - 1851 - 322 pages
...poesy, thus concludes : " However inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might still be great among his contemporaries, with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity ; he might still be a giant among the pigmies, Ihe one-eyed monarch of the blind." — j.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...not willingly let die." However inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might still be great among his contemporaries, with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity. He might still be a giant among the pigmies, the oneeyed monarch of the blind. Of his artifices... | |
 | James Boswell - 1859 - 472 pages
...poesy, thus concludes : " However inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, be might still be great among his contemporaries, with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity ; he might still be a giant among the pigmies, the one-eyed •mvnarch of the blind." —... | |
 | James Boswell - 1859 - 316 pages
...inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might still be great among his eontemporaries, with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity; he might still be a giant among the pigmies, the one-eyed monarch of (lie blind." — J.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 626 pages
...poesy, thus concludes : " However inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might still be great among his contemporaries, with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of prosperity ; he might still be a giant among the pigmies, the one-eyed monarch of the blind."—J.... | |
 | University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus) - 1907 - 436 pages
...not willingly let die. However inferior to the heroes that were born in better ages, he might still be great among his contemporaries, with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity. He might still be the giant of the pigmies, the one-eyed monarch of the blind."1 The passage,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 460 pages
...poesy, thus concludes : " However Inferior to the heroes who were born In better ages, he might still be great among his contemporaries, with the hope of growing every day greater la the dwindle of posterity ; he might still be a giant among the pigmies, the one-eyed monarch of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 pages
...concludes : " Howeveri.itL-r:i>r to the heroes who were bora in better apes, he might still be créât posterity; ne might still Ъе a giant amonf» the pigmies, the оне-еуев monarch of the blind."—}.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1892 - 180 pages
...not willingly let die. However inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might still be great among his contemporaries, with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity. He might still be the giant of the pygmies, the one-eyed monarch of the blind. Of his artifices... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1894 - 196 pages
...not willingly let die. However inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might still be great among his contemporaries, with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity. He might still be the giant of the pygmies, the one-eyed monarch of the blind. Of his artifices... | |
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However inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might still be great among his contemporaries, with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity. He might still be a giant among the pygmies, the oneeyed monarch of... 
