 All his books are written in a learned language, in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse, in a language in which nobody ever quarrels, or drives bargains, or makes love, in a language in which nobody ever thinks.  Macaulay's Life of Samuel Johnson - Page 57by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 94 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Swinton - 1876 - 178 pages
...became systematically vicio as. All his books are written in a learned language — in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse — in a...bargains, or makes love — in a language in which nobodv ever thinks. It is clear that Johnson himself did not think in the dialect in which he wrote."... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1876 - 508 pages
...became systematically vicious. All his books are written in a learned language, in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse, in a language in which nobody ever <|uarrels, or drives bargains, or makes love, in a language in which nobody ever thinks. It is clear... | |
 | Thomas Whitcombe Greene - 1876 - 340 pages
...language, in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse, in a language m which nobody even quarrels, or drives bargains, or makes love, in a language in which nobody ever thinks. — MACAULAY. Convert. Literally, to turn towards. All with iutentive ear Converted to th' enemies... | |
 | William Swinton - 1877 - 134 pages
...became systematically vicious. All his books are written in a learned language — in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse — in a...himself did not think in the dialect in which he wrote." Li'to-tes (Greek litos, plain, simple) is precisely the reverse of hyperbole. It is a form of thought... | |
 | William Swinton - 1877 - 142 pages
...written in a learned language —in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse—in a language in which nobody ever quarrels, or drives...Johnson himself did not think in the dialect in which he vrote." Li'to-tes (Greek litos, plain, simple) is precisely the reverse of hyperbole. It is a form... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 498 pages
...written in a learned language—in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse—in a language in which nobody ever quarrels, or drives bargains, or makes love—in a language in which nobody ever thinks. It is clear that Johnson himself did not think in... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1878 - 144 pages
...became systematically vicious. All his books are written in a learned language ; in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse ; in a language...The expressions which came first to his tongue were simple, energetic, and picturesque. When he wrote for publication, he did his sentences out of English... | |
 | William Swinton - 1878 - 394 pages
...became systematically vicious. All his books are written in a learned language — in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse — in a...himself did not think in the dialect in which he wrote." Li'to-tes (Greek litos, plain, simple) is precisely the reverse of hyperbole. It is a form of thought... | |
 | William Swinton - 1879 - 394 pages
...written in a learned language — in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse—in a language in which nobody ever quarrels, or drives...himself did not think in the dialect in which he wrote." Li'to-tes (Greek litos, plain, simple) is precisely the reverse of hyperbole. It is a form of thought... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 pages
...a man who had forgotten his own name, he said, " Sir, that was a morbid oblivion." Macaulay says, " It is clear that Johnson himself did not think in...The expressions which came first to his tongue were simple, energetic, and picturesque. When he wrote for publication, he did his sentences out of English... | |
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