 | Tobias Smollett - 1779 - 510 oldal
...relir^ins their exertion, and fuffers them not to fpeak till the time of fpeaking is part; or whofe attention to their own character makes them unwilling to utter at hazard what has not been confidered, and cannot be recalled.' Any man who writes the life of another may fettle dates, and relate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 484 oldal
...reftrains their exertion, and fuffers them not to fpeak till the time of fpeaking is paft ; or whofe attention to their own character makes them unwilling to utter at hazard what has not been confidered, and cannot be recalled. Of Dryden's fluggimnefs in converfation it is vain to fearch or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 oldal
...reftrains their exertion, and fuflers them not to fpeak till the time of fpeakmg is paft; or whofe attention to their own character makes them unwilling to utter at hazard what has not been confidered, and cannot be recalled. Of Dryden's fluggifhnefs in converfation it is vain to fearch or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 oldal
...reftrains their exertion, and fuffers them not to fpeak till the time! of fpeaking is paft; or whofe attention to their own character makes them unwilling to utter at hazard what has not been confidered, and cannot be recalled. Of Dryden's fluggifhnefs in converfation it is vain to fcarch or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 oldal
...reftrains their exertion, and fuffers them not tofpeak till the time of fpeaking is paft; or whofe attention to their own character makes them unwilling to utter at hazard what has not been confidered, and cannot be recalled. Of Dryden's fluggifhnefs in converfation it is vain to fearch or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 oldal
...reftrains their exertion, and fuffers them not to fpeak till the time of fpeaking is paft ; or whofe attention to their own character makes them unwilling to utter at hazard what has not been confidered, and cannot be recalled. Of Dryden's fluggifhnefs in converfation it is vain to fearch or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 oldal
...reftrains their exertions, and fuffers them not to fpeak till the time of fpeaking ispaft, or whofe attention to their own character makes them unwilling to utter at hazard what has not been conlidered and cannot be recalled. " Of Dryden's fluggifhnefs in converfation it is in vain to fearch... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 oldal
...baslifulness restrains their exertion and suffers them pbt to speak till the time of speaking is past; or whose attention to their own character makes them...what has not been considered, and cannot be recalled. Of Dryden's sluggishness in conversation it is vain to search or to guess the cause. He certainly wanted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 oldal
...refrrains their exertion, and fuffers them not to (peak till the time of fpeaking is paft ; or whofe attention to their own character makes them, unwilling to utter at hazard what has not been confidered, and cannot be recalled. Of Drydeft's fiuggifhnefs in converfation it is vain to fearch... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 308 oldal
...reft rains their exertion, and fuffers them not to fpeak till the time of fpeaking is paft ; or whofe attention to their own character makes them unwilling to utter at hazard what has not beenconfidered, and cannot be recalled. Of Dryden's fluggiihnefs in converfation it is vain to fearch... | |
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There are men whose powers operate only at leisure and in retirement, and whose intellectual vigour deserts them in conversation ; whom merriment confuses, and objection disconcerts : whose bashfulness restrains their exertion, and suffers them not to... 
