| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1878 - 144 Seiten
...the bed on which one of us was to lie." This incident is recorded in the " Journey " as follows : " Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose,...entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge." Sometimes Johnson translated aloud. " ' The Rehearsal,' " he said, very unjustly, " has not wit enough... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1878 - 444 Seiten
...the bed on which one of us was to lie." In the Journey, the same incident is thus described, — " Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose, started up, at our entrance, a man blai-kas a Cyclops from the forge." nent writer died, and a week afterwards he was buried in "Westminster... | |
| 1879 - 348 Seiten
...out of the bed on which one of us was to lie.' This incident is recorded in the 'Journey' as follows: 'Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose...entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.'" Here are a few more passages illustrating his cultivation of the grand manner.— Editor. Mr. Strahan... | |
| John Nichol - 1879 - 186 Seiten
...in this pompous and inverted form — " Out of one of the couches on which we were to repose there started up at our entrance a man black as a Cyclops from the forge." The almost exclusive use of native does not, like the extreme use of Latin words, savour of absurdity,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 640 Seiten
...of the bed on which one of us was to lie." This incident is recorded in the Journey as follows : " Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose...entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge." Sometimes Johnson translated aloud. " The Rehearsal," he said, very unjustly, " has not wit enough... | |
| William Swinton - 1880 - 694 Seiten
...of the bed on which one of us was to lie." This incident is recorded in the Journey as follows : " Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose,...entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge." Sometimes Johnson translated aloud. " The Rehearsal" he said, very unjustly, "has not wit enough to... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 Seiten
...fellow bounced out of the bed on which one of us was to lie.' Published, this incident was translated, 'out of one of the beds on which we were to repose,...entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.' 'The Rehearsal,' he said, 'has not wit enough to keep it sweet ; then, after a pause, 'It has not vitality... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 844 Seiten
...out of the bed on which one of us was to lie." This incident is recorded in the Journey as follows: "Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose...entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge." Sometimes Johnson translated aloud. " The Rehearsal," he said, very unjustly, "has not wit enough to... | |
| 1881 - 578 Seiten
...of the bed in which one of ns was to lie." This incident is recorded in the "Journey" as follows : " 炀 Sometimes Johnson translated aloud. " The ' Rehearsal,' " he said, very unjustly, " has not wit enough... | |
| Adams Sherman Hill - 1881 - 324 Seiten
...out of the bed on which one of us was to lie.' This incident is recorded in the Journey as follows: ' Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose...at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.'"2 Macaulay cites these two ways of saying the same thing as illustrative of Dr. Johnson's preference... | |
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