| George Gore - 1878 - 696 Seiten
...authority. — SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. Authority — which did a body boast, Though 'twas but air condensed, and stalk'd about, Like some old giant's more gigantic ghost, To terrify the learned rout — With the plain magic of true reason's light, He chased out of our sight ; Nor suffered living men... | |
| William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 892 Seiten
...injur'd pupil's cause. Authority, which did a body boast, Though 'twas but air condens'd and stalked about, Like some old giant's more gigantic ghost, To terrify the learned rout With the plain magic of true reason's light, He chased out of our sight; Nor su.Ter'd living man to... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1840 - 628 Seiten
...both their laws, And boldly undertook the injur'd Pupils' cause. Authority which did a body boast, Though 'twas but air condens'd, and stalk'd about Like some old giant's more gigantic ghost, To terrifie the learned rout, With the plain magic of true Reason's light He chased out of her sight From... | |
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