Significats de principal merit en anglès

The principal merit each claims is that it leads to knowledge of Self.

They require solidity of appearance, and their principal merit is duration.

The principal merit of Catullus's Iambics consists in a simplicity of thought and expression.

The hardiness of this lettuce is its principal merit.

But his principal merit was in the civil administration of the finances and of the laws.

Its principal merit is its burning earnestness of feeling and purpose; and earnestness is sacred from criticism.

And in minor poetry, whose principal merit lies in rhythm and harmony, we must not look at things too closely.

Their principal merit, however, arises from their beauty, which renders them peculiarly fit for the ornaments of dress and furniture.

Voltaire, he said, was a good narrator, and that his principal merit consisted in a happy selection and arrangement of circumstances.

The principal merit in this work was that the young egg-eater had kindly slobbered his face with the yolk for their entertainment.

Their principal merit consists in their conducting themselves with a certain degree of decorum and reserve, and in being susceptible of attachment.

As his principal merit consists in his characterization, which certainly borders somewhat on caricature, he requires good comic actors to represent him with advantage.

Their principal merit consisted much more in the beauty of the designs, in the finish of the work, than in the lubricity of the positions.

But his principal merit with the chiefs of the assembly was in the strong good sense and worldly tact which made him a safe speaker.

He replied that Besworth was a large place, and I pointed out that therein lay one of its principal merits.