 | John Colwell - 1882 - 104 pages
...inflated into true Johnsonian style, thus : " Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose started up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge." This is mannerism. So, very often, is the use of exaggerated language. But that does not excuse it,... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 pages
...Published, this incident was translated, 'out of one of the beds on which we were to repose, started up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.' 'The Rehearsal? he said, ' has not wit enough to keep it sweet ' ; 12 then, after a pause, ' It has... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1882 - 878 pages
...is recorded in the Journey as follows : " Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose started up, at our 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... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 pages
...recorded iu the " Journey " as follows : " Out of one of the beds 011 which we were to repose, started up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge." Sometimes Johnson translated aloud. " ' The Rehearsal,' " he said, very unjustly, " has not wit enough... | |
 | Frederick H. Hackett, Ernest Alexander Girvin - 1884 - 228 pages
...following 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." Simple words come most naturally to our minds, and attempts to display learning often result in an... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 pages
...recorded in the " Journey " as follows : " Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose, started up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge. " Sometimes Johnson translated aloud. " ' The Kehearsal,' " he said, very unjustly, " has not wit enough... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 824 pages
...recorded in the " Journey" as follows : " Out of one of the beds on which we were to reposo, started tip, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge." Sometimes Johnson translated aloud. " ' The Kehearsal,' " he said, very unjustly, "has not wit enough... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 pages
...is recorded in the Journey, as follows: " Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose started up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge." Sometimes Johnson translated aloud. " The Rehearsal,"1 he said, very unjustly, "has not wit enough... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...is recorded in the Journey, as follows: "Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose started up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge." Sometimes Johnson translated aloud. " The Rehearsal" l he said, very unjustly, "has not wit enough... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - 1885 - 612 pages
...is recorded in the Journey aa follows : ' Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose, started up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.' Sometimes Johnson translated aloud. ' The Rehearsal,' he said, very unjustly, ' has not •wit enough... | |
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Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose started up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge. 
