How cold and dead a figure, in comparison of these two great men, does an orator often make at the British bar, holding up his head, with the most insipid serenity, and stroking the sides of a long wig that reaches down to his middle? The North American Review - Página 541editado por - 1829Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1803 - 376 páginas
...more they would have been alarmed, had they heard him actually throwing out such a storm of eloquence. How cold and dead a figure, in comparison of these...sides of a long wig that reaches down to his middle ? The truth of it is, there is often nothing more ridiculous than the gestures of an. English speaker;... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 páginas
...more they would have been alarmed, had they heard him actually throwing out such a storm of eloquence? How cold and dead a figure, in comparison of these...sides of a long wig that reaches down to his middle ! The truth of it is, there is often nothing more ridiculous than the gestures of an English speaker:... | |
| James Burgh - 1804 - 312 páginas
...others. " How co Id and dead a. figure in comparison of these two great men, (Demosthenes and Cicero) does an orator often make at the British bar, holding...insipid serenity, and stroking the sides of a long wig," &c. Dean S-wift (who was no friend to over-doing on the serious side) advises his young clergyman as... | |
| James Burgh - 1804 - 308 páginas
...two great men, (Demosthenes and Cicero) does an orator often make at the British bar, holding liphis head with the most insipid serenity, and stroking the sides of a long wig," &c. Dean SwiJ't (who was nb "friend to over-doing on the serious side) advises his young clergyman... | |
| 1804 - 412 páginas
...more they would have been alarmed, had they heard him actually throwing out such a storm of eloquence. How cold and dead a figure, in comparison of these two great men, docs an orator often make at the British bar, holding up his head, with the most insipid serenity,... | |
| 1808 - 306 páginas
...more they would have heen alarmed, had they heard him actually throwing out such a storm of eloquence? How cold and dead a figure, in comparison of these two great men, does an orator ofter, make at the British har, holding up his head with the most insipid serenity, and stroking the... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 362 páginas
...they would have been alarmed, had they heard him actually throwing out such a storm of eloquence ? How cold and dead a figure, in comparison of these...insipid serenity, and stroking the sides of a long wig;that .reaches down to his middle ! The truth of it is, there is often nothing more ridiculous than... | |
| William Scott - 1814 - 424 páginas
...more they would have been alarmed, had they heard him actually throwing out such a storm of eloquence. How cold and dead a figure, in comparison of these...sides of a long wig that reaches down to his middle ! Nothing can be more ridiculous than the gestures of most of our English speakers. You see some of... | |
| Spectator The - 1816 - 372 páginas
...would they have been alarmed, had they heard hint actually throwing out such a storm of eloquence ? How cold and dead a figure, in comparison of these...sides of a long wig that reaches down to his middle? The truth of it is, there is often nothing more ridiculous than the gestures of an English speaker.... | |
| William Scott - 1817 - 416 páginas
...more they would have been alarmed, had they heard him actually throwing out such a storm of eloquence. How cold and dead a figure, in comparison of these two great men, does an orator often make atthe British bar, holding up his head with the most insipid serenity, and. stroking the sides of a... | |
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