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" There while they acted and overacted, among other young scholars, I was a spectator ; they thought themselves gallant men, and I thought them • fools ; they made sport, and I laughed ; they mispronounced, and I misliked ; and to make up the atticism,... "
The Edinburgh Review - Page 174
1834
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The Great Schools of England: An Account of the Foundation, Endowments, and ...

Howard Staunton - 1865 - 622 pages
...their grooms and mademoiselles. There, while they acted and over-acted, among other young scholars, I was a spectator ; they thought themselves gallant...made sport and I laughed ; they mispronounced, and 1 misliked ; and, to make up the Atticism, they were out, and I hissed."3 We know, however, that at...
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The Great Schools of England: An Account of the Foundation, Endowments, and ...

Howard Staunton - 1865 - 682 pages
...themselves gallant men, and I thought them fools ; they made sport and I laughed ; they mispronounced, and 1 misliked ; and, to make up the Atticism, they were out, and I hissed." 3 We know, however, that at a very early period " Miracle 1 " Doeg, though without knowing...
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The Methodist Quarterly Review, Volume 26; Volume 48

1866 - 642 pages
...overacted, among other young scholars, I was a spectator ; they thought themselves gallant men, but I thought them fools ; they made sport, and I laughed...and to make up the Atticism, they were out, and I hissed."These theatricals appear, some of them, to have been enacted in honor of a visit from the king...
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A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the ..., Volume 1

William Thomas Brande - 1867 - 974 pages
...tlieir term a year pasbed as bonâ barrister or special pleader. fide pupils to a After expiration made sport, and I laughed: they mispronounced, and...and, to make up the atticism, they were out, and I hissed.' Attire. In Heraldry, the horus of stags, &c., used in emblazoning coats of arms. Attorney...
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The British and Foreign Evangelical Review and Quarterly Record of Christian ...

1868 - 904 pages
...their grooms and mademoiselles? There, while they acted and over acted among other young scholars, I was a spectator : they thought themselves gallant...and I misliked ; and to make up the Atticism, they wore out, and I hissed." We have from various quarters evidence that there existed at this time at...
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The Great Schools of England

Howard Staunton - 1869 - 658 pages
...their grooms and mademoiselles. There, while they acted and over-acted, among other young scholars, I was a spectator ; they thought themselves gallant...made sport, and I laughed ; they mispronounced, and I inisliked : and, to make up the Atticism, they were out, and I hissed." ' Wo know, however, that at...
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The North British Review, Volume 16

1852 - 672 pages
...their grooms and mademoiselles ? There, whilst they acted and overacted, among other young scholars, I was a spectator :—they thought themselves gallant...and, to make up the atticism, they were out, and I hissed."—Apology for Smectymnuus. Who can doubt that to a man, to whom such a scene as this presented...
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English poems, ed. with life, intr. and selected notes by R.C. Browne, Volume 1

John Milton - 1870 - 436 pages
...performed, and it seems probable that Milton refers to this entertainment in his Apology for Smectymnuus. ' I was a spectator ; they thought themselves gallant...and to make up the Atticism ', they were out, and I hissed.' On this Christmas morning (1629) at daybreak, Milton conceived the Hymn on the Nativity, as...
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Selections from the Prose Works of John Milton: With Critical Remarks and ...

John Milton - 1870 - 382 pages
...been seen so often upon the stage. There, while they acted and overacted, among other young scholars, I was a spectator ; they thought themselves gallant...made sport, and I laughed ; they mispronounced and I disliked; and, to make up the atticism, they were out, and I hissed." Milton seems to have been always...
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Selections from the Prose Works of John Milton: With Critical Remarks and ...

John Milton - 1870 - 356 pages
...been seen so often upon the stage. There, while they acted and overacted, among other young scholars, I was a spectator ; they thought themselves gallant...made sport, and I laughed ; they mispronounced and I disliked ; and, to make up the atticism, they were out, and I hissed." Milton seems to have been always...
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