 As when some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his affects, his spirits, and his powers, In their confluctions, all to run one way, This may be truly said to be a humour.  Critical and Historical Essays - Page 354by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1900Full view - About this book
 | 1843 - 632 pages
...and those poets and novelists whose skill lies in the exhibiting of what Ben Johnson called humours. The words of Ben are so much to the purpose, that...peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his affects, his spirits, and his powers, In their can fluxions all to run one way, This may be... | |
 | 1843 - 630 pages
...novelists whose skill lies in the exhibiting of what Ben Johnson called humours. The words of Ben are ao much to the purpose, that we will quote them : —...peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his affects, his spirits, and his powers, In their confluxions all to run one way, This may be... | |
 | Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 484 pages
...of humours. Now thus far, ' It may, by metuphor, apply itself ' Unto the general disposition ; ' As when some one peculiar quality ' Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw ' All his effects, his spirits, and his powers, ' In their confluxions all to run one way,' This may... | |
 | 1812 - 352 pages
...name of humorous. Now thus far It may', by metaphor, apply itself Unto the general disposition : As when some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his affects, his spirits, and his powers In their constructions, all to run one way. Fine Feeling.... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 568 pages
...the name of humours. Now thus far It may, by metaphor, apply itself Unto the general disposition : As when some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his affects, his spirits, and his powers, In their conductions, all to run one way, This may be... | |
 | Johann Gottfried Herder - 1817 - 464 pages
...OTeinung, eine ®e> banfeneen>ol)nHit. ®<» hmnour tefd)teibt Ben. Johnion alfo: At when »оюе one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his affects, his spirits and his pow'rs In their constructions, all to run one way This may be... | |
 | Johann Gottfried Herder - 1820 - 968 pages
...eine eingebil: bete SKecnung, eine ©cbanfengeTOobnbeit. 25en humour befdjreibt Ben. Johnson alfo : As when some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his affects his spirits and his pow'rs In their constructions, all to run one way This may be truly... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...the name of humours. Now thus far It may, by metaphor, apply itself Unto the general disposition: As when some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his effects, his spirits, and his powers, In their confluctions, all to run one way, This may be... | |
 | Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes - 1833 - 488 pages
...which it has been defined by Ben Jonson, comes nearer to ijQof than any word in our language : — When some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man,...his affects, his spirits, and his powers, In their confluctions, all to run one way, This may be truly said to be a humour. Every Man out of his Humour... | |
 | Aristoteles - 1833 - 450 pages
...in which it has been defined by Ben Jonson, comes nearer to i/0of than any word in our language :— When some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his affects, his spirits, and his powers, In their conductions, all to run one way, This may be... | |
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