 | 1706 - 238 páginas
...of them, that you converts with Ibme dreaming Pedant with his Elbow on the Desk.; not with an aftive ambitious Tyrant, with his Hand on his Sword, commanding a Million of Subjects. All that takes or affefts you is a Stiffhefs, and Statelinefs, and Operofencfi of Stile : but as that is improper and... | |
 | Abel Boyer - 1714 - 446 páginas
...them, * that you converfe with, fome dreaming Pedant ' with his Elbow on his Desk; not with anaftive, * ambitious Tyrant, with his Hand on his Sword, * commanding a Million of Subjefts. All that takes * and affe&s you, is StifFnefs and Statelinefs, and * Openfentfs of Stile... | |
 | Englishmen - 1835 - 476 páginas
...that when reading this pseudo-Phalaris, " you feel, by the emptiness and deadness of his production, that you converse with some dreaming pedant, with...hand on his sword, commanding a million of subjects." Finally, he argues against the authenticity of the letters from their late appearance in the world... | |
 | Richard Bentley - 1836 - 420 páginas
...lively characters of men there ! what descriptions of place ! what notifications ' In Phalar. prioi. of time! what particularity of circumstances! what...million of subjects. All that takes or affects you is a stifíhess and stateliness and operoseness of style ; but as that is improper and unbecoming in all... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 320 páginas
...And the actual result is — that every reader of sense heartily accedes to Bentley's sentence — ' You feel, by the emptiness and deadness of them, that...hand on his sword, commanding a million of subjects.' It remains that we should say a few words on Bentley's character, and the general amount of his claims.... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 506 páginas
...that when reading this pscudo-Phalaris, " you feel, by the emptiness and deadness of his production, that you converse with some dreaming pedant, with...hand on his sword, commanding a million of subjects." Finally, he argues against the authenticity of the letters from their late appearance in the world... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1854 - 316 páginas
...And the actual result is — that every reader of sense heartily accedes to Bentley's sentence — ' You feel, by the emptiness and deadness of them, that...hand on his sword, commanding a million of subjects.' It remains that we should say a few words on Bentley's character, and the general amount of his claims.... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1858 - 366 páginas
...reader of sense heartily accedes to Bentley's sentence — "You feel, by the emptiness and deaduess of them, that you converse with some dreaming pedant...hand on his sword, commanding a million of subjects." It remains that I should say a few words on Bentley's character, and the general amount of his claims.... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1865 - 360 páginas
...And the actual result is — that every reader of sense heartily accedes to Bentley's sentence — ' You feel, by the emptiness and deadness of them, that...hand on his sword, commanding a million of subjects.' It remains that we should say a few words on Bentley's character, and the general amount of his claims.... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 368 páginas
...prejudiced. And the actual result is, that every reader of sense heartily accedes to Bentley's sentence — "You feel, by the emptiness and deadness of them,...hand on his sword, commanding a million of subjects." It remains that I should say a few words on Bentley's character, and the general amount of his claims.... | |
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You feel, by the emptiness and deadness of them, that you converse with some dreaming pedant with his elbow on his desk; not with an active, ambitious tyrant, with his hand on his sword, commanding a million of subjects. 
