 | Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1839 - 486 pages
...calling Jesus an impostor. Though his style is in general correct and elegant, he sometimes draws out " the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument." In endeavouring to avoid vulgar terms he too frequently dignifies trifles, and clothes common thoughts... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...discoveries ; but when you find him out, you have him ever after. 11— iii. 6. 200 He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. I abhor such fanatical fantasms, such insociable and point-device* companions, such rackers of orthography.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 390 pages
...calling Jesus an impostor. Though his style is in general correct and elegant, he sometimes draws out " the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument." In endeavouring to avoid vulgar terms he too frequently dignifies trifles, and clothes common thoughts... | |
 | Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 386 pages
...calling Jesus an impostor. Though his style is in general correct and elegant, he sometimes draws out -' the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument." In endeavouring to avoid vulgar terms he too frequently dignifies trifles, and clothes common thoughts... | |
 | 1861 - 716 pages
...picked, too spruce, too affected, too odd as it were, too peregrinate as I may call it. He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. I abhor such fanatical phantasms, such insociable companions, such rackers of orthography as to speak... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 582 pages
...AKFKCTION,] ic affectation, a sense common in Shakespeare and other writers of his time. ffol. He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. I abhor such fanatical phantasms, such insociable and point-devise companions ; such rackers of orthography,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pages
...call it. Nath. A most singular and choice epithet. [ Takes nut his table-book. Hol. He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. I abhor such fanatical fantosms, such insociable and point-devise companions ; such rackers of orthography,... | |
 | Robert Smith Surtees - 1843 - 974 pages
...throughout the land, and caused a wonderful sensation in his favour. A CHAPTER III. "He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument." — LOVE'S LABOUR LOST. THUS, then, matters stood at Michael Hardey's death. A great town had risen... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 360 pages
...call it. Nath. A most singular and choice epithet. [ Takes out his table-book. Hol. He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. I abhor such fanatical phantasms, such insociable and point-devise 0 companions ; such rackers of orthography,... | |
 | Matthew Henry Barker - 1844 - 528 pages
...too, and enter eagerly on a controversy, to gratify his own love of talking, — for "He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument." The vulgar applaud him to the very echo of praise, and his name is coupled with the terms " eloquence... | |
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He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. 
