| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1839 - 486 pages
...perversion of language, for the pleasure of turning the Scripture into ribaldry, or of calling Jesus an impostor. Though his style is in general correct...endeavouring to avoid vulgar terms he too frequently dignifies trifles, and clothes common thoughts in a splendid dress, that would be rich enough for the... | |
| William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...deal of discoveries ; but when you find him out, you have him ever after. 11— iii. 6. 200 He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. I abhor such fanatical fantasms, such insociable and point-device* companions, such rackers of orthography.... | |
| Robert Southey - 1839 - 388 pages
...not interrupt the arrangement of our History. Never shall it be said of the Unknown that " he draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argu100 ment." We have a journey to perform from Dan to Beersheba, and we must halt occasionally by... | |
| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 382 pages
...perversion of language, for the pleasure of turning the Scripture into ribaldry, or of calling Jesus an impostor. Though his style is in general correct...endeavouring to avoid vulgar terms he too frequently dignifies trifles, and clothes common thoughts in a splendid dress, that would be rich enough for the... | |
| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 390 pages
...perversion of language, for the pleasure of turning the Scripture into ribaldry, or of calling Jesus an impostor. Though his style is in general correct...endeavouring to avoid vulgar terms he too frequently dignifies trifles, and clothes common thoughts in a splendid dress, that would be rich enough for the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1842 - 374 pages
...choice epithet. [takes out his table-book. 1 Enough is as good as a feast. 2 Discourse. Hol. He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. I abhor such fanatical phantasms, such insociable and pointdevise J companions ; such rackers of orthography,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1842 - 584 pages
...Holofernes is called the " Pedant " throughout the scene, both in the 4to. and folio. Hoi. He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. I abhor such fanatical phantasms, such insociable and point-devise companions; such rackers of orthography,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 360 pages
...may call it. Nath. A most singular and choice epithet. [ Takes out his table-book. Hol. He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. I abhor such fanatical phantasms, such insociable and point-devise 0 companions ; such rackers of orthography,... | |
| Robert Smith Surtees - 1843 - 974 pages
...spread throughout the land, and caused a wonderful sensation in his favour. A CHAPTER III. "He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument." — LOVE'S LABOUR LOST. THUS, then, matters stood at Michael Hardey's death. A great town had risen... | |
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