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" Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination; a scholar with great brilliance of wit; a... "
Discourses on the Life and Character of John Thornton Kirkland, and of ... - Página 95
por Alexander Young - 1840
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The popular encyclopedia; or, 'Conversations Lexicon': [ed. by A. Whitelaw ...

Popular encyclopedia - 1846 - 924 páginas
...Johnson's life of Pope, is justified by the testimony of his contemporaries and of his works : — " Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension ; skilful...ancient literature, and able to animate his mass of kiiowlinlge by a bright and active imagination ; a scholar, with great brilliance of wit ; a wit, who,...
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A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1847 - 904 páginas
...comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, nnd able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination ; a scholar with great brilliancy of wit ; a wit, who, in the crowd of life, retained nnd discovered a noble ardour of religious...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 páginas
...and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature,...the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble nrdonr of religious zeal. In this poem Pope seems to reckon with the public. He vindicates himself...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 360 páginas
...servant." " Arbuthnot," Johnson says, " was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature,...the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal." Dugald Stewart has testified to Arbuthnot's ability in a department of which...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 páginas
...servant." " Arbuthnot," Johnson says, " was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature,...the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal." Dugald Stewart has testified to Arbuthnot's ability in a department of which...
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A New General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 2

Hugh James Rose - 1853 - 528 páginas
...profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his knowledge hy a bright and active imagination ; a scholar with great...the crowd of life retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal." Arbuthnot's Letters to Swift and to Pope fully develop his character, and...
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Johnson's Lives of the British poets completed by W. Hazlitt, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 páginas
...and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature,...the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal. In this poem Pope seems to reckon with the public. He vindicates himself...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1854 - 306 páginas
...servant." " Arbuthnot," Johnson says, " was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature,...the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal." Dugald Stewart has testified to Arbuthnot's ability in a department o'f...
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The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London v. 2, Volume 2

Royal College of Physicians of London - 1861 - 474 páginas
...religious virtues. " He was," says Dr. Johnson, " a man of great comprehension : skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature,...the crowd of life retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal." Swift said of him, " that he was a man who could do everything but walk;"...
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The roll of the Royal college of physicians, Volume 2

William Munk - 1861 - 458 páginas
...virtues. '" He was," says Dr. Johnson, " a man of great comprehension : skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature,...the crowd of. life retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal." Swift said of him, "that he was a man who could do everything but walk;"...
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