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 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 Seiten
...upon the prose style of ADDISON has almost passed into a proverb. " Whoever," says he, " wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." Addison wrote a Tragedy, under the title... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1846 - 292 Seiten
...Addison. Including " The Spectator" entire. 3 vols. 8vo. Portrait. Sheep extra. $5 50. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. — Dr. Johnson, XXXIV. DRAPER ON THE ORGANIZATION... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - 1846 - 336 Seiten
...Addison. Including " The Spectator" entire. 3 vols. 8vo. Portrait. Sheep extra. $550. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to iho volumes of Addison. — Dr. Johnson. xxxrv. DRAPER ON THE ORGANIZATION... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1846 - 178 Seiten
...Addison. Including " The Spectator" entire. 3 vols. 8vo. Portrait. Sheep extra. $550. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the Yolumes of Addison. — Dr. Johnson, xxxiv. DRAPER ON THE ORGANIZATION... | |
 | John Armstrong - 1846 - 314 Seiten
...Addison. Including " The Spectator" entire. 3 vols. 8vo. Portrait. Sheep extra. 85 50. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to iha volumes of Addison.— Dr. Johnson. xxxiv. ORAPER ON THE ORGANIZATION... | |
 | Mary Sargeant Gove Nichols - 1846 - 328 Seiten
...Addison. Including "The Spectator" entire. 3 vols. 8vo. Portrait. Sheep extra, f 5 50. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to ths tolumes of Addison. — Z>r. Johnson. xxxiv. DRAPER ON THE ORGANIZATION... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 Seiten
...affected brevity : his periods, though not diligenlly rounded, are voluble and easy. \V hoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar, but not coarse, and elegant, but not ostentations, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. * But, says Dr. Wanon, he sometime*... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 Seiten
..., yet he would find the transfusion into another language extremely difficult, if not uiiposattain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison V [His manner of criticising and ^^ commending... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 Seiten
...affected brevity: his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy.4 Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar, but not coarse, and elegant, but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." 5 Though the Rambler was not concluded till... | |
 | David Creamer - 1848 - 488 Seiten
...Dr. Johnson assigns to him the highest place among prose writers, when he says, " Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar, but not coarse ; and elegant, but not ostentatious ; must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." None will dispute this high praise ; while... | |
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