 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 pàgines
...long how ; '"the force with which it strikes depends on the strength of the arm that draws "it. But argument is like an arrow from a crossbow, which has equal force "whether shot by a boy or a giant.' The whole company was struck with the " aptness and beauty of this... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 570 pàgines
...long bow ; "the force with which it strikes depends on the strength of the arm that draws " it. But argument is like an arrow from a crossbow, which has equal force "whether shot by a boy or a giant.' The whole company was struck with the "aptness and beauty of this... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 590 pàgines
...Smollet. — " In Boswell's Life of Johnson, mention it made of an observation of his respectHe had dmed that day at Mr. Hoole's, and Miss Helen Maria Williams...being expected in the evening, Mr. Hoole put into liis hands her beautiful " Ode on the Peace '." Johnson read it over, and when this elegant and accomplished... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 460 pàgines
...a long bow ; the force with which it strikes depends on the strength of the arm that draws it. But argument is like an arrow from a cross-bow, which has equal force whether shot by a boy or a giant." (1) [From Dr. John Moore's Life of Smollett.] The whole company... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 402 pàgines
...a long bow ; the force with which it strikes depends on the strength of the arm that draws it. But argument is like an arrow from a cross-bow, which has equal force whether shot by a boy or a giant." (1) [From Dr. John Moore's Life of Smollett.] The whole company... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 pàgines
...a long bow ; the force with which it strikes depends on the strength of the arm that draws it. But argument is like an arrow from a cross-bow, which has equal force whether shot by a boy or a giant." The whole company was struck with the aptness and beauty of this... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 pàgines
...wisdom's root. TESTIMONY is like an arrow shot from a long bow; the force of it depends on the strength of the hand that draws it. Argument is like an arrow from a cross bow, which has equal force though shot by a child. BACON. HOPE, Though 'tis pale sorrow's only... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 pàgines
...from a long bow; the force with which it strikes depends on the strength of the arm that draws it. But argument is like an arrow from a cross-bow, which has equal force whether shot by a boy or a giant." The whole company was struck with the aptness and beauty of this... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 pàgines
...from a long bow; the force with which it strikes depends on the strength of the arm that draws it. But argument is like an arrow from a cross-bow, which has 'equal force whether shot by a boy or a giant." The whole company was struck with the aptness and beauty of this... | |
 | James Boswell - 1843 - 588 pàgines
...Life of Smollet. — " In Boswcll's Life of Johnson, mention is mode of an observation of his reHe had dined that day at Mr. Hoole's, and Miss Helen...put into his hands her beautiful "Ode on the Peace i." Johnson read it over, and when this elegant and accomplished young lady s was presented to him,... | |
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Bacon upon this subject ; testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow ; the force of it depends on the strength of the hand that draws it. Argument is like an arrow from a cross-bow, which has equal force though shot by a child. 
