 | Horace Walpole - Artists - 1827 - 400 pages
...shelter his temerity behind dissimulation, and endeavour to make that disbelieved, which he had never the confidence openly to deny. He wrote an exculpatory...accepted his excuse, without believing his professions.'' " It is a remarkable circumstance, that Warburton, in his first edition of Pope's works, admits the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...temerity behind dissimulation, and endeavour to make that disbelieved which he never had conüdencc t, and are more easily retained by him afterwards : the other may seem odd, but it jreat magnanimity, as by a man who accepted his excuse without believing his professions. He said,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 724 pages
...openly to deny. He wrote an exculpatory letter to the dnke, which was answered with great magnaniBJty, as by a man who accepted his excuse without believing his professions. He said that to have ridiculed his taste, or his buildings, had been an indifferent action in another... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...shelter his temerity behind dissimulation, and endeavour to make that disbelieved which he never had hie He said, that to have ridiculed his taste, or his buildings, had been an indifferent action in another... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 754 pages
...shelter his temerity behind dissimulation, and endeavour lo make that be disbelieved which he never had confidence openly to deny. He wrote, an exculpatory...accepted his excuse without believing his professions. He said that to have ridiculed his taste, or his buildings, had been an indifferent action in another... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1840 - 522 pages
...disbelieved which he never had confidence openly to deny. He wrote an exculpatory letter to the <liike, which was answered with great magnanimity, as by a man who accepted Lin excuse without believing his professions. He said, that to have ridiculed his taste, or his buildings,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 pages
...behind dissimulation, and endeavour to make that be disbelieved which he never had confidence openly W deny. He wrote an exculpatory letter to the duke,...accepted his excuse without believing his professions. He said lhal to have ridiculed his taste, or his buildings, had been an indifferent action in another... | |
 | Bernard Burke - Anecdotes - 1849 - 528 pages
...feet in length. The whole expense of the building and furniture is said to have amounted to 200,0001. James, of Greenwich, was the architect. Dr. Alexander...little doubt of) the poet's intended application of die satire to Canons, his concluding lines are singularly prophetic : — Another age shall see the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...shelter bis temerity behind dissimulation, and endeavour to make that disbelieved which he never had confidence openly to deny. He wrote an exculpatory letter to the Duke, which was answered with £rcat magnanimity, as by a man who accepted his excuse without believing his professions. He said,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 pages
...shelter his temerity behind dissimulation, and endeavour to make that disbelieved which he never had confidence openly to deny. He wrote an exculpatory...accepted his excuse without believing his professions. He said, that to have ridiculed his taste, or his buildings, had been an indifferent action in another... | |
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... and endeavour to make that disbelieved which he never had confidence openly to deny. He wrote an exculpatory letter to the duke, which was answered with great magnanimity, as by a man who accepted his excuse without believing his professions. 
