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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. "
A Popular Manual of English Literature: Containing Outlines of the ... - Página 457
por Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 1150 páginas
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A Biographical, Historical and Chronological Dictionary:: Containing ...

John Watkins - 1807 - 1014 páginas
...unmarried, in 17;)7. Dr. Johnson, after drawing his character in a forcible and elegant manner, says, " whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days ami nights to the volumes of Addison." — .#%• Brit. AJdimiMas, S voll. 18O3. ADI: LARD, a monk...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volumen1

James Boswell - 1807 - 514 páginas
...he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetick; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor...though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. 1 Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious,...
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The British Essayists, Volumen6

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 416 páginas
...edit. cation of Dr. JOHNSON'S " Lives of the Poets," it has become almost proverbial to repeat, that " whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...give his days and nights to the volumes of ADDISON." That few, however, are willing to bestow this labour, or anxious to obtain the reward, is sufficiently...
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition, Addressed to His Son

George Gregory - 1809 - 384 páginas
...incomparable critic and biographer :— " Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." LETTER IX. ORNAMENT AMPLIFICATION. *WY DEAR JOIfJV, THE real ornaments of composition, whether prose...
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The Microcosm: A Periodical Work, Volumen2

John Smith, George Canning, Robert Percy Smith, John Hookham Frere - 1809 - 176 páginas
...stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity. H is periods, though rot diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English Style, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison" This is the Middle Style, for which Addiion...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volumen9

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 páginas
...is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic3 ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. 3 But, says Dr. Warton, be sometimes is so ; and in another MS note be add>, often so. C. TO THE RIGHT...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen10

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 páginas
...is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetick * ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. * But, says Dr. Warton, he sometimes is so j and in another MS note, he adds, often so. C. HUGHES....
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volumen9

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 páginas
...is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic 3 ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. * But, says Dr. Warton, be sometimes is so; and in another MS note he adds, often so. C TO THE RIGHT...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Dryden, Smith, Duke ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 páginas
...rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity: bis periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. * But, says Or. Wart on, he sometimes is so ; and in another MS note he adds, often so. С TO THE RIGHT...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volumen9

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 620 páginas
...is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic1 ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor...but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, mut give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. • But, so ys Dr. Warton, be sometimes is...
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