 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 1741834Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1880 - 474 pages
...and it seems probable that Milton refers to this entertainment in his Apology for Smectymnuus. ' 1 was a spectator; they thought themselves gallant men,...they mispronounced and I misliked; and to make up the Atticism1, they were out, and I hissed.' On the Christmas morning of this year (1629) at daybreak,... | |
 | David Masson - 1881 - 878 pages
...grooms " and mademoiselles ? There, while they acted and overacted, " among other young scholars,! was a spectator: they thought "themselves gallant...and, to make up the Atticism, they were out, and " I hissed." * As is hinted in this passage, Milton had more opportunities than the present of seeing plays... | |
 | David Masson - 1881 - 874 pages
...grooms " and mademoiselles ? There, while they acted and overacted, " among other young scholars,! wasa spectator: they thought "themselves gallant men, and...made sport, and I laughed ; they mispronounced, and I " inislikod; and, to make up the Atticism, they were out, and " I hissed." l As is hinted in this passage,... | |
 | Demosthenes - 1884 - 434 pages
...court ladies, he proceeds thus: — " There while 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." Read the evidence. [Evidence.] Such has been my character in political matters. In private,... | |
 | James Bass Mullinger - 1884 - 1260 pages
...their grooms and mademoiselles. There, while they acted and over-acted, among other young scholars, I was a spectator: they thought themselves gallant men, and I thought them 1 In the miliHcqncnt editions, pro- (lilchri.it), p. 13. 'It in altogether pared for lh« iiw of tlm... | |
 | John Milton, James Augustus St. John - 1888 - 572 pages
...themselves gallant men, and I thought tned fools ; they made sport, and I laughed ; they mispronouncc*!, and I misliked ; and, to make up the atticism, they were out, and I hissed. Judge now whether so many good textmen were not sufficient to instruct me of false beards and... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1891 - 182 pages
...play. 1 Milton goes on in wrath : " There, while they acted and overacted, among other young scholars, I was a spectator : they thought themselves gallant...thought them fools; they made sport, and I laughed." Whether Francis Higginson laughed or sighed, we know not; but in remembering the university training... | |
 | 1892 - 946 pages
...gestures" of drunkards and others, and, "there, while 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." Add to this that though he could appreciate humour he had no humour himself, and when he attempts... | |
 | Demosthenes - 1892 - 294 pages
...proceeds thus: ' There while they acted aud overacted, among other young scholars I was a sjircUitor ; they thought themselves gallant men, and I thought...made sport, and I laughed ; they mispronounced, and I mimicked ; and, to make up the Atticism, they were out, and I hissed.' " § 266. rb 8}...ауш|1оХаут]|1(и,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1894 - 196 pages
...of the superior undergraduate. " There, while they acted and over-acted, among other young scholars, I was a spectator ; they thought themselves gallant...; and to make up the Atticism, they were out and I hissed. . . For if it be unlawful to sit and behold a mercenary comedian personating that which is... | |
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