 | 1785 - 596 pages
...ar.y man's ficuities, whom I nave orrfT known in one degree of elevation; but take ibmeop|x;rtunity of attending him from the cellar to the garret, and try upon him all the various degrees of raretaclion and condenfation, tenfion and laxity. If he is neitber vivacious aloft, nor feriout below,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 460 pages
...have teemed with notions upon rifing ground; as the flaccid fides of a football would have fwelled out into ftiffnefs and extenfion. For this reafon...garret, and try upon him all the various degrees of rarefaction and condenfation, tenfion and laxity. If he is neither vivacious aloft, nor ferious below,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 472 pages
...fwelled out into ftiffnefs and exten fion. For this reafon I never think myfelf qualified to ludge decifively of any man's faculties, whom I have only...garret, and try upon him all the various degrees of rarefaction and condenfation, tenfion and laxity. If he is neither vivacious aloft, nor ferious below,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 582 pages
...out into ftifFnefs and ct'eniion. For this reafon I never think myfcil qualified to judge decisively of any man's 'faculties, whom I have only known in one degree of elevation; but take Ibme opportunity of attending him from the cellar to the garret, and try upon him all the various degrees... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 458 pages
...empty, have teemed with notions upon rifmg ground, as the flaccid fides of a football would have fwelled out into ftiffnefs and extenfion. For this reafon...garret, and try upon him all the various degrees of rarefaction and condenfation, tenfion and laxity. If he is neither vivacious aloft, nor ferious below,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 458 pages
...notions upon 1ifmg ground, as the flaccid fides of a football would have fwelled out into ftifihefs and extenfion. For this reafon I never think myfelf...garret, and try upon him all the various degrees of rarefa&ion and condenfation, tenfion and laxity. If he is neither vivacious aloft, nor ferious below,... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 296 pages
...out into stiffness and extension. For tliis reason I never think myself qualified to judge decisively of any man's faculties, whom I have only known in one degree of elevation ; but take some opportunity of attending him from the cellar to the garret, and try upon him all the various degrees... | |
 | 1806 - 340 pages
...decisively of any man's faculties, whom I nave only known in one degree of elevation ; but take some opportunity of attending him from the cellar to the...garret, and try upon him all the various degrees of rarefaction and condensation, tension a.id laxity. If he is neither vivacious aloft, nor serious below,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 424 pages
...out into stiffness and extension. 1'or this reason I never think myself qualified to judge decisively of any man's faculties, whom I have only known in one degree of elevation ; but take some opportunity of attending him from the cellar to the garret, and try upon him all the various degrees... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 334 pages
...decisively of any man's faculties, whom I have only known in one degree of elevation ; but take some opportunity of attending him from the cellar to the...garret, and try upon him all the various degrees of rarefaction and condensation, tension and laxity, if he is neither vivacious aloft, nor serious below,... | |
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I never think myself qualified to judge decisively of any man's faculties whom I have only known in one degree of elevation; but take... 
