 How cold and dead a figure, in comparison of these two great men, does an orator often make at the British bar, holding up his head with the most insipid serenity, and stroking the sides of a long wig that reaches down to his middle ? The truth of it...  American Annals of Education - Seite 25herausgegeben von - 1835Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Joseph Addison - 1879 - 250 Seiten
...friends admire it, could not forbear asking them if they were so much affected by the bare reading of it, how much more they would have been alarmed,...orator often make at the British bar, holding up his head with the most insipid serenity, and stroking the sides of a long wig, that reaches down to his... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 Seiten
...friends admire it, could not forbear asking them, if they were so much affected by the bare reading p to the successive depredations of Romans, Turks,...those who have rivalled her greatness shall have head with the most insipid serenity, and stroking the sides of a long wig that reaches down to his... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1880 - 712 Seiten
...friends admire it, could not forbear asking them, if they were so much affected by the bare" reading of it, how much .more they would have been alarmed,...orator often make at the British bar, holding up his head with the most insipid serenity, and stroking the sides of a long wig that reaches down to his... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1881 - 336 Seiten
...friends admire it, could not forbear asking them, if they were so much affected by the bare reading of it, how much more they would have been alarmed...orator often make at the British bar, holding up his head with the most insipid serenity, and stroking the sides of a long wig that reaches down to his... | |
 | Charles John Plumptre - 1881 - 524 Seiten
...the speaker is in earnest, and affected himself with what he passionately recommends to others. " ' How cold and dead a figure in comparison of these two great men' [Demosthenes and Cicero] 'does an orator often make at the British bar, holding up his head with the... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1898 - 316 Seiten
...been alarmed, had they heard him actually throw the bare reading of it, how much more they would ing out such a Storm of Eloquence ? How cold and dead...Orator often make at the British Bar, holding up his Head, with the most insipid Serenity, and stroking the sides of a long Wigg that reaches down to his... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1898 - 320 Seiten
...friends admire it, could not forbear asking them, if they were so much affected by the bare reading of it, how much more they would have been alarmed, had they heard him actually throw ing out such a Storm of Eloquence ? How cold and dead a Figure, in Comparison of these two Great... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1907 - 142 Seiten
...them, if they were so much affected by the bare reading of it, how much more they would have been 20 alarmed, had they heard him actually throwing out...orator often make at the British bar, holding up his head with the most insipid serenity, and stroking the sides of a long wig that reaches down to his... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1829 - 654 Seiten
...having pictured to himself the manly appearance of Cicero and Demosthenes, could not help exclaiming, ' How cold and dead a figure, in comparison of these...orator often make at the British bar, holding up his head with the most insipid serenity, and stroking the sides of a long wig, that reaches down to his... | |
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