 Neither the judges of our laws, nor the representatives of our people,, would be much affected by laboured gesticulations, or believe any man the more because he rolled his eyes, or puffed his cheeks, or spread abroad his arms, or stamped the ground,...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Σελίδα 209των Samuel Johnson - 1825Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 σελίδες
...representatives of our people, would be much affected by laboured gesticulations, or believe any man the I more because he rolled his eyes, or puffed his cheeks,...sometimes to the ceiling, and sometimes to the floor." A casual coincidence with other writers, or an adoption of a sentiment or image which has been found... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1869 - 578 σελίδες
...rolled his eyes, arid puffed his cheeks, and spread abroad his arms, and stamped on the ground, and turned his eyes sometimes to the ceiling and sometimes to the floor." Dr Erskine regretted that he could treat the Assembly to no such display of oratory. In his young days,... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 σελίδες
...of our laws nor the representatives of our people would be much affected by laboured gesticulations, or believe any man the more because he rolled his eyes, or puffed his checks, or spread abroad his arms, or stamped the ground, or thumped his breast, т turned his eyes... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 σελίδες
...our laws, nor the representatives of our people, would be much affected by laboured gesticulation, or believe any man the more because he rolled his...thumped his breast, or turned his eyes sometimes to the cieling, and sometimes to the floor." A casual coincidence with other writers, or an adoption of a... | |
 | Richard Harrison Black - 1874 - 470 σελίδες
...drive together. Cogent, with us, is used only figuVatively, and has a meaning similar to forcible. " Upon men, intent only upon truth, the arm of an orator...has little power ; a credible testimony, or a cogent argument, will overcome all the an of modulation, and all the violence <>» contortion." Co-gitate,... | |
 | Richard Harrison Black - 1874 - 472 σελίδες
...drive together. Cogent, with us, is used only figuratively, and has a meaning similar to forcible. " Upon men, intent only upon truth, the arm of an orator...has little power ; a credible testimony, or a cogent argument, will overcome all the art of modulation, and all the violence o* contortion. " Co-gitate,... | |
 | John Guard - 1879 - 476 σελίδες
...of our laws nor the representatives of our people would be much affected by laboured gesticulations, or believe any man the more because he rolled his...sometimes to the ceiling and sometimes to the floor.' (JOHNSON in Boswell.) Johnson had a great aversion to action and gesticulation, and indeed when one... | |
 | James Boswell - 1880 - 488 σελίδες
...our laws, uor the representatives of our people, would be much affected by laboured gesticulations, or believe, any man the more because he rolled his eyes, or puffed his cheeks, or spread abroad hia arms, or stamped the ground, or thumped his breast, or turned his eyes sometimes to the ceiling,... | |
 | George Crabb - 1882 - 876 σελίδες
...of our laws, nor the representatives of the people, would be much affected by labored ae#ticulation, or believe any man the more, because he rolled his eyes, or puffed his checks. JOHNSON. Posture and attitude both imply a mode of placing the body, but the posture is either... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 σελίδες
...our laws, nor the representatives of our people, would be much affected by laboured gesticulations, or believe any man the more because he rolled his...sometimes to the ceiling, and sometimes to the floor." a sentiment or image which has been found in the writings of another, and afterwards appears in the... | |
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