...whatever literary acquisitions he made. His mind resembled a fertile but thin soil ; there was a itnirk but not a strong vegetation of whatever chanced to...been generally circulated, and believed, that he was a mere fool in conversation. In allusion to this, Mr. Horatio Walpole, who admired his writings, said,...

...literary acquisitions he made. * Nihil quod tetigit non ornavit.' His mind resembled a fertile, but thin soil. There was a quick, but not a strong vegetation,...been generally circulated and believed that he was a mere fool in conversation; but, in truth, this has been greatly exaggerated. He had, no doubt, a...

...' Nihil quod tetigit non ornavit.' His mind resembled a fertile, but thin noil . There was a quiek, but not a strong vegetation, of whatever chanced to...been generally circulated and believed that he was a mere fool in conversation ; but, in truth, this has been greatly exaggerated. He had, no doubt, a...

...whatever literary acquisitions he made. Nihil quod tctiyit non ornar it.* His mind resembled a fertile but thin soil. There was a quick, but not a strong, vegetation,...root could be struck. The oak of the forest did not 1 Goldsmith got a premium at a Christmas examination in Trinity College, Dublin, which I have seeu.—...

...literary acquisitions he made. Ifihil quod tftiflit non ornarit.' Hi a mind resembled a fertile but thin soil. There was a quick, but not a strong, vegetation,...root could be struck. The oak of the forest did not 1 Goldsmith got a premium at a Christmas examination in Trinity College, Dublin, which I have seen.—...

...displaying, with more advantage, whatever literary acquisitions he made. His mind resembled a fertile but thin soil ; there was a quick but not a strong vegetation of whatever chanced to be thrown upon it. Xo deep root coidd be struck. The oak of the forest did not grow there ; but the elegant shrubbery...

...literary acquisitions he made. " Nihil quod tetigit non ornavit."* His mind resembled a fertile, but thin soil. There was a quick, but not a strong vegetation,...been generally circulated and believed that he was a mere fool in conversation;" but, in truth, this has been greatly exaggerated. He had, no doubt, a...

...literary acquisitions he made. "Nihil quod tetiyit non ornavit." His mind resembled .1 fertile but thin soil. There was a quick, but not a strong, vegetation,...been generally circulated and believed that he was a mere fool in conversation ; but, in truth, this has been greatly exaggerated. He had, no doubt, a...

...attempted nothing in which he did not excel. " In the thin but fertile soil of his mind," says Boswell, "no deep root could be struck; the oak of the forest...did not grow there, but the elegant shrubbery and fragrant parterre appeared in gay succession." He exhibited himself before the public in turns as a...

...literary acquisitions he made. " Nihil quod tetigit non ornavit."'* His mind resembled a fertile, but thin soil. There was a quick, but not a strong vegetation, of whatever chanced to be thrown upon it. Xo deep root could be struck. The oak of the forest did not grow there ; but the elegant shrubbery...