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" Neither the judges of our laws, nor the representatives of our people,, would be much affected by laboured gesticulations, or believe any man the more because he rolled his eyes, or puffed his cheeks, or spread abroad his arms, or stamped the ground,... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 209
by Samuel Johnson - 1825
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Life of Johnson, Volumes 1-2

James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 pages
...our laws, nor the representatives of our people, would be much affected by laboured gesticulation, this speech was somewhat unlucky ; for with that...sense of being of that country ; and, as if I had A casual coincidence with other writers, or an adoption of a sentiment or image which has been found...
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Lectures on the Composition and Delivery of Sermons

James Drummond - 1910 - 128 pages
...he says, ' nor the representatives of our people, would be much affected by laboured gesticulation, or believe any man the more because he rolled his...eyes sometimes to the ceiling, and sometimes to the floor.'1 Nevertheless, gesticulation which is the natural and spontaneous expression of emotion undoubtedly...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: Together with a Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1910 - 602 pages
...nor the representatives of our people, would be much affected by laboured gesticulation, or believing any man the more because he rolled his eyes, or puffed...thumped his breast, or turned his eyes sometimes to the cieling, and sometimes to the floor.'' A casual coincidence with other writers, or an adoption of a...
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Loving Dr. Johnson

Helen Deutsch - 2005 - 337 pages
...our laws, nor the representatives of our people, would be much affected by laboured gesticulation, or believe any man the more because he rolled his...sometimes to the ceiling, and sometimes to the floor.'" 89. Ibid., 2:211. On Hume's distancing himself from the seductive power of ancient oratory, see Jerome...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1820 - 544 pages
...our laws, nor the representatives of our people, would be much affected by laboured gesticulations, or believe any man the more because he rolled his...breast; or turned his eyes sometimes to the ceiling, arid sometimes to the floor." A casual coincidence with other writers, or an adoption of a sentiment...
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