 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1765 - 534 pages
...Addifon in criticifing upon the Englilh tragedy: " The ordinary method of making an hero, is to *e clap a huge plume of feathers upon his head, " which rifes fo high, that there is often a great;*' er length from his chin to the top of his head, " than to the fole of his foot. One would... | |
 | Great Britain - 1778 - 378 pages
...which are made ufe of to infpire us with magnificent ideas of the perfons that fpeak. The ordinary method of making an hero, is to clap a huge plume of feathers upon his head, which riles fo very high, that there is often a greater length from his chin to the top of his head, than... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1788 - 548 pages
...Kempfer's hiftory of Japan. VoL. I. P Addifon Addifon in criticifing upon Engllfh tragedy r " The ordinary method of making an hero, is to " clap a huge plume...head, " which rifes fo high, that there is often a great" er length from his chin to the top of his head, " than to the fole of his foot. One would be"... | |
 | 1789 - 508 pages
...which are made ufe of to infpire us with magnificent ideas of the pe.rfons that fpeak. The ordinary method of making an hero, is to clap a huge plume of feathers upon his head, which rifes fo very high, that there is often a greater length from his chin to the top of his head, than to the fole... | |
 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...ordinary method of making an hero, is to clap a hnge plume of feathers upon I". head, which rises so very high, that there is often a greater length from his chin to the top of his head, than to the sole of his foot. One would helieve, that we thonght a great man and a tall man the same thin* This... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 416 pages
...ordinary method of making an hero, is to clap a huge plume of feathers upon his head, which rises so very high, that there is often a greater length from his chin to the top of his head, than to the sole of his foot. One would believe, that we thought a great man and a tall man the same thing. This... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 394 pages
...ordinary method of making an hero, is to clap a huge plume of feathers upon his head, which rises so very high, that there is often a greater length from his chin to the top of his head, than te the sole of his foot. One would believe, that we thought a great man and a tall man the same thing.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...which are made use of to inspire us with magnificent ideas of the persons that speak." : The ordinary method of making an hero, is to clap a huge plume of feathers upon his head, which rises so very high, that there is often a greater length from his chin to the top of his head, than... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...which are made use of to inspire us with magnificent ideas of the persons that speak/ The ordinary method of making an hero, is to clap a huge plume of feathers upon his head, which rises so very high, that there is often a greater length from his chin to the top of his head, than... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 pages
...ordinary method of making an hero, is to clap an huge plume of feathers upon his head, which rises so very high, that there is often a greater length from his chin to the top of his head, than to the soal of his foot. One would bulieve that we thought a great man and a tall man the same thing. This... | |
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The ordinary method of making an hero, is to clap a huge plume of feathers upon his head, which rises so very high, that there is often a greater length from his chin to the top of his head, than to the sole of his foot. 
