 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 580 pages
...always too hard for his judgment. A severe jest was preferred by him to all arguments whatsoever ; and he was endless in consultations ; for when after...jest, to make even that which was suggested by himself ridiculous, he could not hold, but would study to raise the crerlk of his wit, though it made others... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 562 pages
...a point was settled, if he could find a new jest, to make even that which was suggested by himself ridiculous, he could not hold, but would study to raise the credit of hi* wit, though it made others call his judgment in question. When he talked to me, as a philosopher,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 478 pages
...wit; and we have some tolerable bon mots of his, handed down by his contemporaries. Burnet says, " The liveliness of his imagination was always too hard...jest to make even that which was suggested by himself ridiculous, he could not hold, but would study to raise the credit of his wit, though it made others... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 476 pages
...wit; and we have some tolerable bon mots of his, handed down by his contemporaries. Burnet says, " The liveliness of his imagination was always too hard...jest to make even that which was suggested by himself ridiculous, he could not hold, but would study to raise the credit of his wit, though it made others... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 486 pages
...wit; and we have some tolerable bon mots of his, handed down by his contemporaries. Burnet says, " The liveliness of his imagination was always too hard...jest to make even that which was suggested by himself ridiculous, he could not hold, but would study to raise the credit of his wit, though it made others... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 538 pages
...judgment. His severe jest was preferred by him to all arguments whatever; and he was endless in council; for, when after much discourse a point was settled, if he could find a new jest, whereby he could make that which was digested by himself seem ridiculous, he could not hold, but would... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 540 pages
...judgment. His severe jest was preferred by him to all arguments whatever; and he was endless in council ; for, when after much discourse a point was settled, if he could find a new jest, whereby he could make that which was digested by himself seem ridiculous, he could not hold, but would... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 536 pages
...judgment. His severe jest was preferred by him to all arguments whatever; and he was endless in council ; for, when after much discourse a point was settled, if he could find a new jest, whereby he could make that which was digested by himself seem ridiculous, he could not hold, but would... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1823 - 644 pages
...1668. ways too hard for his judgment. A severe jest was preferred by him to all arguments whatsoever. And he was endless in consultations: for when after...though it made others call his judgment in question u . When he talked to me, as a philosopher, of his contempt of the world, I asked him what he meant... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1833 - 676 pages
...was always too hard for his judgment. A severe jest was preferred by him to all arguments whatsoever. And he was endless in consultations : for when after...though it made others call his judgment in question a. When z Bowyer's Transcript. subject were never so serious, a In the house of lords he and if it... | |
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... and he was endless in consultations ; for when after much discourse a point was settled, if he could find a new jest to make even that which was suggested by himself seem ridiculous, he could not hold, but would study to raise the credit of his wit,... 
