 | James Boswell - 1900 - 556 strani
...subject ; testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow ; the force of it depends on the strength of the hand that draws it. Argument is like an arrow...put into his hands her beautiful " Ode on the Peace ; " b Johnson read it over, and when this amiable, elegant, and accomplished young lady was presented... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852 - 344 strani
...subject: testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow ; the force of it depends on the strength of the hand that draws it. Argument is like an arrow...Hoole put into his hands her beautiful " Ode on the Peace:"2 Johnson read it over, and when this elegant and accomplished young lady 3 was presented to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 634 strani
...subject : testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow ; the force of it depends on the strength of the hand that draws it. Argument is like an arrow...put into his hands her beautiful " Ode on the Peace : " f Johnson read it over, and when this elegant and accomplished young lady J was presented to him,... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 strani
...an arrow shot from a long-bow; its force depends on the strength of the hand that drawx it. — But ed ; can rear a garden in the desert if drawn by a child or a man. — Boyle. ARISTOCRACY.-And lords, whose parents were the Lord knows... | |
 | James Boswell - 1910 - 542 strani
...subject ; testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow ; the force of it depends on the strength of the hand that draws it. Argument is like an arrow...put into his hands her beautiful " Ode on the Peace ; " b Johnson read it over, and when this amiable, elegant, and accomplished young lady was presented... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1914 - 596 strani
...remark, "Testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow : the force of it depends on the strength of the hand that draws it. Argument is like an arrow...cross-bow, which has equal force, though shot by a child." Tibullus (on Sulpicia) says of Venus : — Illam, quidquid agit, quoquo vestigia vertit, Componit furtim,... | |
 | Frank Jenners Wilstach - 1916 - 540 strani
...Testimony. Testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow ; the force of it depends in the strength of the hand that draws it. Argument is like an arrow...cross-bow, which has equal force though shot by a child. — DR. JOHNSON. Theatre. (See also STAGE) . A theatre, unfortunately, is like a stage-coach : empty... | |
 | George Purcell Costigan - 1917 - 656 strani
...subject: testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow ; the force of it depends on the strength of the hand that draws it. Argument is like an arrow...crossbow, which has equal force though shot by a child.' " — James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. (Everyman's Library, 2 Vol. Ed.) Vol. 2, p. 514.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1917 - 612 strani
...was a scene for a comedy, to see a penitent get into a violent passion and belabour his confessor. He had dined that day at Mr. Hoole's, and Miss Helen...Williams being expected in the evening, Mr. Hoole put 1784] JAUNT TO OXFORD 517 into his hands her beautiful Ode on the Peace : Johnson read it over, and... | |
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Bacon upon this subject ; testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow ; the force of it depends on the strength of the hand that draws it. Argument is like an arrow from a cross-bow, which has equal force though shot by a child. 
