| Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 264 pages
...out of the bed in 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... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1874 - 446 pages
...of 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,...entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge." nent writer died, and a week afterwards he was buried in Westminster Abbey. For two years he had been... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1876 - 506 pages
...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 ynjustly, " has not wit enough... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1876 - 508 pages
...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 nslated aloud, "The Rehearsal," he said, very wy " has not wit enough to keep it... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1878 - 144 pages
...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... | |
| Adams Sherman Hill - 1878 - 336 pages
...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.'" 2 Macaulay cites these two ways of saying the same thing as illustrative of Dr. Johnson's preference... | |
| 1879 - 348 pages
...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 pages
...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 - 844 pages
...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... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 pages
...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... | |
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