 At a sermon well dressed, what understander can have a motion to sleep? Divinity, well ordered, casts forth a bait which angles the soul into the ear ; and how can that close when such a guest sits in it ? They are sermons but of baser metal, which lead...  Resolves, Divine, Moral, Political - Seite 67von Owen Felltham - 1832 - 316 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Owen Felltham - 1820 - 546 Seiten
...can fathom. I see not, but that divinity put into apt significants, might ravish as well as poetry. They are sermons but of baser metal, which lead the eyes to slumber. He answered well, that after often asking, said still, that action was the chief part of an orator... | |
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...forth a bait which angles the soul into the ear ; and how can that close when'such a guest sits in it ? They are sermons, but of baser metal, which lead the...subject as the stage treats on, in such words as we hear in some sermons, I am confident it would not only be far more tedious, but nauseous and rontemptful.... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1823 - 436 Seiten
...a bait, which angles the soul into the ear: and how can that close, when such a guest sits in it ? They are sermons, but of baser metal, which lead the...other places, is, in their good lives and actions; for 'tis certain, Cicero and Roscius are most compleat, when they both make but one man. He answered well,... | |
 | Owen Felltham - 1832 - 344 Seiten
...forth a bait which angles the soul into the ear ; and how can that close when such a guest sits in it ? They are sermons but of baser metal, which lead the...lives and actions ; for it is certain, Cicero and Roscius are most complete when they both make but one man. He answered well, that after often asking... | |
 | 1832 - 352 Seiten
...forth a bait which angles the soul into the ear ; and how can that close when such a guest sits in it ? They are sermons but of baser metal, which lead the...lives and actions ; for it is certain, Cicero and Roscius are most complete when they both make but one man. He answered well, that after often asking... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1839 - 216 Seiten
...forth a bait, which angles the soul into the ear; and how can that close when such a guest sits in it ? They are sermons but of baser metal, which lead the...continued oration, upon such a subject as the stage treats of, in such words as we hear some sermons, I am confident, it would not only be far more tedious, but... | |
 | 1846 - 508 Seiten
...And should we have a continued oration, upon such a subject ns the stage treats on, in such words ae we hear some sermons^ I am confident it would not only be far more tedious, but nauseous and couteinptful. The most advantage they have of other places is in their good lives and actions ; for... | |
 | 1846 - 524 Seiten
...sits in it? They are sermons but of baser metals which lead the eyes to slumber. And should we have a continued oration, upon such a subject as the stage treats on, in such \vords as we hear some sermons, I am confident it would not only be far more tedious, but nauseous... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - 1847 - 322 Seiten
...sits in it ? They are sermons but of baser metals which lead the eyes to slumber. And should we have a continued oration, upon such a subject as the stage...good lives and actions ; for it is certain Cicero and Roscius are the most complete when they both make but one man." * * * * " I grieve that anything so... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - 1857 - 306 Seiten
...sits in it ? They are sermons but of baser metals which lead the eyes to slumber. And should we have a continued oration, upon such a subject as the stage...good lives and actions; for it is certain Cicero and Roscius are the most complete when they both make but man." ****** " I grieve that anything so excellent... | |
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