 He is guarded with crowds, and shackled with formalities. The half hat, the whole hat, the half smile, the whole smile, the nod, the embrace, the positive parting with a little bow, the comparative at the middle of the room, the superlative at the door...  The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 103by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1772 - 300 pages
...whole hat, the half fmile, the whole fmile, the nod, the embrace, the po* [I] Pf. Ixix. az. fitive parting with a little bow, the comparative at the middle of the room, the fuperlative at the door ; and, if the perfoft be pan huper febaftus, there is a hyperfuperlative ceremony... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 228 pages
...formalities. The half hat, the whole hat, the half fmile, the whole fmile, the nod, the embrace, the pofitive parting with a little bow, the comparative at the middle of the room, the fuperlative at the door ; and, if the perfon be pan buper febaftus, there is a hyperfuperlative ceremony... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - English poetry - 1772 - 298 pages
...whole hat, the half frhile, the whole fmile, the nod, the embrace, the po[/] Pf. Ixix. 12. . fitive parting with a little bow, the comparative at the middle of the room, the fuperlative at the door ; and, if the perfon be pan huper febaftus, there is a hyperfuperlative ceremony... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 520 pages
...The half hat, the whole hat, the half finile, the whole finile, the nod, the embrace, the pofitive parting with a little bow, the comparative at the middle of the room, the fuperlative at the door; and, if the perfon be pan buper febaftus, there is a hyperfuperlative ceremony... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 842 pages
...formalities. The half hat, the whole hat, the half fmile, the whole fmilc, the nod, the embrace, the pofitive parting with a little bow, the comparative at the middle of the room, the fuperlative at the door; and, if the perfon be pan buperfcbqflus, there is a hyperfuperlative ceremony... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - English literature - 1806 - 290 pages
...restraint upon him. He is guarded with crowds, and shackled with formalities. The half hat, the whole hat, the half smile, the whole smile, the nod, the embrace,...conducting him to the bottom of the stairs, or to the • Pi. Ixix. 22. •••--. very gate : as if there were such rules set to these Leviathans, as... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 286 pages
...restraint upon him. He is guarded with crowds, and shackled with formalities. The half hat, the whole hat, the half smile, the whole smile, the nod, the embrace,...superlative at the door ; and, if the person be pan huper se bast us, there is a hyper-superlative ceremony then of conducting him to the bottom of the stairs,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - English poetry - 1809 - 284 pages
...restraint upon him. He is guarded with crowds, and shackled with formalities. The half hat, the whole hat, the half smile, the whole smile, the nod, the embrace,...superlative at the door; and, if the person be pan huper sebastm, there is a hyper-superlative ceremony then of conducting him to the bottom of the stairs,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...crowds, and shackled with formalities. The half hat, the whole hat, the half smile, the whole mile, the nod, the embrace, the positive parting with a...superlative at the door ; and, if the person be pan huper sebasliu, there is a hypersnperlative ceremony then of conducting him to the bottom of the stairs,... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 268 pages
...desire to know why the honest innkeeper, who provides a public table for his profit, should be but of a mean profession ; and he, who does it for his...the superlative at the door; and, if the person be pun huper sebustus, there is a hyper-superlative ceremony then of conducting him to the bottom of the... | |
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