 | Sir Walter Scott - 1908 - 992 sider
...and they are now allowed but a small salary. I must not omit to relate thrir way of study, which is very singular: They shut their doors and windows for...they pump their brains for rhetorical encomium or panegyrick ; and indeed they furnish such a style from this dark cell as is understood by very few;... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1917 - 1000 sider
...salary. I must nof bmit to relate their way of Study, which is 'very singular: They shut thtjir döorä and windows for a day's time, and lie on their backs,...they pump their brains for rhetorical encomium or panegyrick ; and indeed they furnish such a style from this dark cell as is understood by very few;... | |
 | Gaelic Society of Inverness, Inverness Gaelic Society - 1922 - 422 sider
...and they are now allowed but a. small salary. I must not omit to relate their way of Study, which is very singular. They shut their Doors and Windows for...on their Backs, with a Stone upon their Belly, and Plaids about their heads, and their eyes being covered, they pump their Bcains [for] Rhetorical Encomium... | |
 | Gaelic Society of Inverness, Inverness Gaelic Society - 1922 - 422 sider
...and they are now allowed but a small salary. I must not omit to relate their way of Study, which is very singular. They shut their Doors and Windows for...on their Backs, with a Stone upon their Belly, and Plaids about their heads, and their eyes being covered, they pump their Brains [for] Rhetorical Encomium... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1923 - 1122 sider
...and they are now allowed but a small salary. I must not omit to relate their way of study, which is very singular: They shut their doors and windows for...they pump their brains for rhetorical encomium or panegyrick ; and indeed they furnish such a style from this dark cell as is understood by very few;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1924 - 562 sider
...the same at every Succession of a Chief. ... I must not omit to relate their way of Study, which is very singular : They shut their Doors and Windows...and Plads about their Heads, and their Eyes being cover'd, they pump their Brains for Rhetorical Encomium or Panegyrick ; and indeed they furnish such... | |
 | Canadian Association for Irish Studies. International Conference - 1988 - 182 sider
...similar traditions to the Irish ones prevailed, the bards, in addition to composing in the dark, also lay 'on their backs with a stone upon their belly, and plads about their heads'.23 These strange practices reflect a poetic which views the poet as a vessel of inspiration.... | |
 | John Matthews - 2002 - 378 sider
...Martin's Description of the Western Islands of Scotland (180), gives us more detail. They [the poets] shut their doors and windows for a day's time, and...on their backs with a stone upon their belly, and plaids about their heads, and their eyes being covered they pump their brains for rhetorical enconium... | |
 | Sharynne MacLeod NicMhacha - 2005 - 292 sider
...relates their unusual method of poetic training: I must not omit to relate their way of study, which is very singular: they shut their doors and windows for...on their backs, with a stone upon their belly, and plaids about their heads, and their eyes being covered, they pump their brains for rhetorical encomium... | |
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I must not omit to relate their way of study, which is very singular : They shut their doors and windows for a day's time, and lie on their backs, with a stone upon their belly, and plads about their heads, and their eyes being covered, they pump their... 
