 | Samuel Johnson - 1890 - Страниц: 474
...approbation was expressed by a loud hum, continued in proportion to their zeal or pleasure. When Burnet preached, part of his congregation hummed so loudly...Sprat preached, he likewise was honoured with the animating hum ; but he stretched out his hand to the congregation, and cried, " Peace, peace, I pray... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1894 - Страниц: 132
...it, and rubbed his face with his handkerchief. When Sprat preached, he likewise was honoured with a like animating hum, but he stretched out his hand...congregation, and cried, " Peace, peace, I pray you, peace ! " ' — Dr. Johnson. Sir John Jekyl told Speaker Onslow, in proof of Burnet's popularity, that one... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1896 - Страниц: 324
...approbation was expressed by a loud hum, continued in proportion to their zeal or pleasure. When Burnet preached, part of his congregation hummed so loudly...Sprat preached, he likewise was honoured with the animating hum; but he stretched out his hand to the congregation, and cried, ' Peace, peace, I pray... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1896 - Страниц: 402
...approbation was expressed by a loud hum, continued in proportion to their zeal or pleasure. When Burnet preached, part of his congregation hummed so loudly...When Sprat preached, he likewise was honoured with a like animating hum, but he stretched out his hand to the congregation, and cried, " Peace, peace,... | |
 | Edward Burnett Tylor - 1903 - Страниц: 536
...approbation was expressed by a loud hum, continued in proportion to their zeal or pleasure. When Burnet preached, part of his congregation hummed so loudly...the congregation, and cried, " Peace, peace ; I pray yon, peace." ' Johnson, ' Life of Sprat.' interjectional utterances, reiterated with expressive emphasis... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - Страниц: 456
...approbation was expressed by a loud hum, continued in proportion to their zeal or pleasure +. When Burnet preached, part of his congregation hummed so loudly...was told in my youth by my father, an old man, who 19 had been no careless observer of the passages of those times 5. Burnet's sermon, says Salmon, was... | |
 | Edward Burnett Tylor - 1920 - Страниц: 524
...approbation was expressed by a loud hum, continued in proportion to their zeal or pleasure. When Burnet preached, part of his congregation hummed so loudly...congregation, and cried, " Peace, peace ; I pray you, peace." ' Johnson, ' Life of Sprat.' 1 Cranz, ' Gronland,' p. 279. interjectional utterances, reiterated with... | |
 | 1861 - Страниц: 598
...approbation was expressed by a loud hum, continued in proportion to their zeal or pleasure. When Burnet preached, part of his congregation hummed so loudly...congregation, and cried, ' Peace, peace, I pray you, peace.' " The word was hence extended to imply cajoling, flattery, &c., as appears by the following distich... | |
 | 1889 - Страниц: 816
...proportion to their zeal or pleasure. When Burnet preached, part of his congregation hnmmtil >o lou lly and so long, that he sat down to enjoy it, and rubbed bis face with his handkerchief. When Sprat preached he likewise was honoured with the like animating... | |
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There prevailed in those days an indecent custom : when the preacher touched any favourite topick in a manner that delighted his audience, their approbation was expressed by a loud hum, continued in proportion to their zeal or pleasure. When Burnet preached,... 
