 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 Seiten
...Anglicism./ What he attempted, he performed; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetick; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...amplitude, nor affected brevity : his periods, though not dili\ gently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 Seiten
...As. a model of English prose, his writings merit the greatest praise. " Whoever," says Dt. Johnson, " 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." AKENSIDE, Mark, — an English poet and physician,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 Seiten
...energetic;* he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither stndied amplitnde nor affected brevity : his periods, though not diligently...but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison, HUGHES. JOHN II re in •s, the son of a citizen... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 440 Seiten
...himself: " What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetick ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy P. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant, but not ostentatious,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 442 Seiten
...observing, that it had not been his own model, as no two styles could differ more from each other. — "Sir, 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 V * Though the Rambler was not concluded till... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 Seiten
...himself: " What he attempted, he performed : he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; t, and as it 8s noratfected brevity : his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy, -f Whoever... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 Seiten
...Anglicism. What he attempted he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. IV. — Pleasure and Pain, — SPEcTATOR.... | |
 | 1829 - 414 Seiten
...ponderosity of the third. What Johnson said of Addison's style, may be more properly applied to Mr. Hall's, " 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." An eminent critic of the present day, speakingofoneofMr.... | |
 | Barthold Georg Niebuhr - 1830 - 110 Seiten
...The same, in 4 vols. crown 8vo. uniform with Pickering's Chaucer, etc. red cloth boards, II. 12s. " 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."—Dn. JOHNSON. These volumes, with the exception... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1830 - 294 Seiten
... 600079048Y fl ADDISON'S WORKS. VOLUME THE SECOND. 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. THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF JOSEPH... | |
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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. 
