| Joseph Addison - 1830 - 274 Seiten
... so Oxford NJGLISH 3001 50089Q ADDISON'S WORKS. VOLUME THE FOURTH. WHOEVER JYISHES TO ATTAIN AN ENGLISH ST.YLE, FAMILIAR BUT NOT COARSE, AND ELEGANT BUT NOT OSTENTATIOUS, MUST GIVE HIS DAYS AND NIGHTS TO THE VOLUMES OP ADDISON. DR. JOHNSON. MISCELLANEOUS WORKS JOSEPH ADDISON.... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 602 Seiten
...himself : " What he attempted, he performed ; he is neverfoeble, and he did not wish to be energetick ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...are voluble and easy '. Whoever wishes to attain an 1 When Johnson showed me a proof-sheet of the character of Addison, in which he so highly extols his... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 604 Seiten
...himself : " What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble,2Hi& 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 1. Whoever wishes to attain an 1 When Johnson showed me a proof-sheet of the character of Addison,... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 600 Seiten
...himself : " What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble, &nA 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 l. Whoever wishes to attain an 1 When Johnson showed me a proof-sheet of the character of Addison,... | |
| Homer - 1831 - 154 Seiten
...beautifully printed to match in size the various editions of the British Essayists, in royal 18mo. I/. 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. '['HE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1831 - 594 Seiten
...dulcet, graceful, idiomatic flow of language, which amply justifies the eulogium of Johnson, that " 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." ADELARD, or ATHELARD, an English Benedictine... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1832 - 548 Seiten
...dulcet, graceful, idiomatic flow of language, which amply justifies the eulogium of Johnson, that " whoever 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." ADELARD, or ATHELARD, an English... | |
| James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 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...rounded, are voluble and easy '. Whoever wishes to an opinion gaming ground, not much to the advantage of Mr. Addison's style, the characteristics of... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 Seiten
...never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ;* he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. Hie sentences have neither studied amplitude nor affected...but not coarse, and elegant, but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. * But, яауя Dr. Warum, he sometime* is... | |
| William Thomas Lowndes - 1834 - 1082 Seiten
...Svo. 6 vols, with portrait, 3/. 12s. Large Paper, 5Í. 8s. Dr. Johnson observed of Addison. ' Whorter 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.' — The Miscellaneous Works in Verse and... | |
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