 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1893 - 244 Seiten
...from Addisou's verses. Let our readers judge. 10 " The Emperor," says Gulliver, " is taller by about the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which...alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders." About thirty years before " Gulliver's Travels " appeared, Addison wrote these lines : — " Jamque... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1893 - 280 Seiten
...— " the Emperor's features," Gulliver says, " are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip, an arched nose ; his complexion olive, his countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, and his deportment majestic. He is taller by the breadth of my nail than any of his Court, which alone... | |
 | 1894 - 852 Seiten
...but to overtop them should secure the respect of all. " The emperor of Lilliput," said Gulliver, " is taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than...court, which alone is enough to strike an awe into his beholders." Such an awe many of the writers in Mr. Miles's eighth volume may well feel in presence... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1894 - 342 Seiten
...young and beggars us when old. JONATHAN SWIFT. THE EMPEROR OF LILLIPUT. [From Gulliver's Travels.] He is taller by almost the breadth of my nail than any of his court; which alone is enough to strike an awo into the beholders. His features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip and arched nose,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1894 - 128 Seiten
...Lilliput" from Addison's verses. Let our readers judge. " The Emperor," says Gulliver, " is taller by about the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which...alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders." About thirty years before " Gulliver's Travels" appeared, Addison wrote these lines: — " Jamque acies... | |
 | Edward Dowden - 1895 - 472 Seiten
...but to overtop them should secure the respect of all. " The Emperor of Lilliput," said Gulliver, " is taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than...court, which alone is enough to strike an awe into his beholders." Such an awe many of the writers in Mr Miles's eighth volume may well feel in presence... | |
 | 1895 - 508 Seiten
..." from Addison's verses. Let our readers judge. " The Emperor," says Gulliver, " is taller by about the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which...alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders." About thirty years before " Gulliver's Travels " appeared, Addison wrote these lines : — " Jamque... | |
 | William Malone Baskervill, James Witt Sewell - 1895 - 358 Seiten
...civilization, the victor or the vanquished. — PRESCOTT. A braver ne'er to battle rode. — SCOTT. He is taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court. — SWIFT. SYNTAX. Other after the comparative form. Use of 'As superlative degree. 429. When an object... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1896 - 510 Seiten
...countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, and his deportment majestic. He is taller by the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which alone is enough to strike an awe into beholders." What a surprising humor there is in these descrip- i. tions ! How noble the satire is here... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 266 Seiten
...from Addison's verses. 20 Let our readers judge. "The Emperor," says Gulliver, "is taller by about the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which...alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders." About thirty years before ' Gulliver's Travels' ap- 25 peared, Addison wrote these lines : — " Jamque... | |
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He is taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court, 'which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders. His features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip and arched nose ; his complexion olive, his countenance erect,... 
