 There are many who think it an Act of Piety to hide the Faults or Failings of their Friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their Detection; we therefore see whole Ranks of Characters adorned with uniform Panegyrick, and not to be known from one...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Rambler - Page 388by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pages
...there is danger lest his interest, his fear, his gratitude, or his tenderness, overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There...failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection ; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyrick,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 508 pages
...there is danger lest his interest, his fear, his gratitude, or his tenderness, overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There...failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection ; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyrick,... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 466 pages
...there is danger lest his interest, his fear, his gratitude, or his tenderness overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There...failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection ; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyric,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 526 pages
...there is danger lest his interest, his fear, his gratitude, or his tenderness, overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There...failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection ; we therefore see twhole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyrick,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 538 pages
...there is danger lest his interest, his fear, his gratitude, or his tenderness; overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There are many who think it an act of piety to bide the faults or failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 440 pages
...there is danger lest his interest, his fear, his gratitude, or his tenderness, overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There...or failings of their friends, even when they can no louger suffer by their detection ; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uni form... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 pages
...there is danger lest his interest, his fear, his gratitude, or his tenderness, overpower his fidelity, his attention to other topics. DH. MAYO : (to Dr....Grace t" JOHNSON : " No, Sir." BOSWELL : " It puzz suffer by their detection ; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyric,... | |
 | 1828 - 714 pages
...there is danger lest his interest, his fear, his gratitude, or his tenderness overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent.'' There...many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults and failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer from the detection. Such Biography... | |
 | 1828 - 758 pages
...gratitude, or his tenderness overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent.'1 There are many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults and failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer from the detection. Such Biography... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 pages
...there is danger lest his interest, his fear, his gratitude, or his tenderness, overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There...failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection ; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyrick,... | |
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