 | William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 ページ
...reflected, after a night spent with him, that I had had the pleasure of conversing with an intimate of Terence and Catullus, who had all their wit and nature, heightened with humour more exquisite and delightful than any other man ever possessed. — Sir R. Steele. when the political attitude... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - 408 ページ
...reflected, after a night spent with him apart from all the world, that I had had the pleasure of conversing with an intimate acquaintance of Terence and Catullus,...their wit and nature, heightened with humour more exquisite and delightful than any other man ever possessed." This is the fondness of a friend ; let... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1883 - 674 ページ
...reflected, after a night spent with him apart from the World, that I had had the pleasure of conversing with an intimate acquaintance of TERENCE and CATULLUS,...all their Wit and Nature heightened with Humour more exquisite and delightful than any other man ever possessed. They who shall read this Play, after being... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - 1886 - 478 ページ
...reflected, after a night spent with him apart from all the world, that I had the pleasure of conversing with an intimate acquaintance of Terence and Catullus,...their wit and nature, heightened with humour more exquisite and delightful than any other man ever possessed." Pope, no partial witness, confessed that... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1889 - 462 ページ
...after a night 1 ,' spent with him apart from all the world, that I had had the pleasure of conversing with an intimate acquaintance of Terence and Catullus,...their wit and nature, heightened with humour more exquisite and delightful than any other man ever possessed." And in the same preface Steele speaks... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1890 - 474 ページ
...reflected, after a night spent with him apart from all the world, that I had had the pleasure of conversing with an intimate acquaintance of Terence and Catullus,...their wit and nature, heightened with humour more exquisite and delightful than any other man ever possessed." This is the fondness of a friend; let... | |
 | Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton - 1892 - 88 ページ
...after a night spent with him Addison apart from all the world that I had the pleasure of conversing with an intimate acquaintance of Terence and Catullus who had all their wit and nature heightened with humor more exquisite and delightful than any other man ever possessed And Pope a rival of Addison and... | |
 | 1894 - 650 ページ
..."after a night spent with him, apart from all the world, that I had had the pleasure of conversing with an intimate acquaintance of Terence and Catullus,...who had all their wit and nature, heightened with humor more exquisite and delightful than any other man ever possessed." Even the jealous Pope was forced... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff - 1900 - 318 ページ
...fleeted, after a night spent with him apart from all the world, that I had had the pleasure of conversing with an intimate acquaintance of Terence and Catullus,...their wit and nature, heightened with humour more exquisite and delightful than any other 15 man ever possessed." This is the fondness of a friend :... | |
 | Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - 1905 - 486 ページ
...reflected, after a night spent with him apart from all the world, that I had had the pleasure of conversing with an intimate acquaintance of Terence and Catullus,...their wit and nature, heightened with humour more exquisite and delightful than any other man possessed." Steele, above all, was qualified by his intimacy... | |
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above all men in that talent called humour, and enjoyed it in such perfection that I have often reflected, after a night spent with him apart from all the world, that I had had the pleasure of conversing with an intimate acquaintance of Terence and Catullus,... 
