 | John Dryden, William Dougal Christie - 1893 - 780 ページ
...severely. " If his grace and his wit." says Burnet of Dryden, "improve both proportionally, he will hardly find that he has gained much by the change he has made from having no rc'iijion to choose one of the worst. It is true, he had something to sink from in matter of wit ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1895 - 234 ページ
...worst history that the age has produced. If his grace and his wit improve both proportionably, he will hardly find that he has gained much by the change he has made, from having no religion to chuse one of the worst. It is true, he had somewhat to sink from in matter of wit ; but as for his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 216 ページ
...worst history that the age has produced. If his grace and his wit improve both proportionably, he will hardly find that he has gained much by the change he has made, from having no religion, to chuse one of the worst. It is true, he had somewhat to sink from in matter of wit ; 20 but, as for... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 760 ページ
...severely. " If his grace and his wit," says Burnet of Dryden, " improve both proportionally, he will hardly find that he has gained much by the change he has made from having no religion to choose one of the worst. It is true, he had something to sink from in matter of wit ; but as for his... | |
 | John Dryden - 1904 - 762 ページ
...wit." says Burnet of Dryden, ' ' improve both proportionally, he will hardly find that he *« Wined much by the change he has made from having no religion to choose one of the worst. 11 B true, he had something to sink from in matter of wit ; but as for his... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 812 ページ
...pardon for the same. — LONDON GAZETTE, 1679, December 18, 22. It is true, he had somewhat to sink from in matter of wit; but, as for his morals, it is scarcely possible for him to grow a worse man than he was. — BURNET, GILBERT, 1687, A Defence of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1913 - 220 ページ
...history that the age has produced. If his grace and his wit improve both proportionably, he will 30 hardly find that he has gained much by the change he has made, from having no religion to choose one of the worst. It is true, he had somewhat to sink from in matter of wit, but as for his... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 ページ
...conversion, siiys, " If his grace and his wit improve both proportionally, we shall hardly find that he hath gained much by the change he has made, from having no religion to chuso one of the worst." Reply to Mr. Varillas, p. 139. From the specimens exhibited it will be no... | |
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If his grace and his wit improve both proportionably, he will hardly find that he has gained much by the change he has made, from having no religion, to choose one of the worst. 
