 | William Scott - 1820 - 398 páginas
...and he did not wish to be energetic; he is nfver rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences ha^e neither studied amplitude nor affected brevity) his...diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes fo attain an Enarlish style, familiar b«t not coar«e, and ei<j«f:tn< but not ostentatious, mutt... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 398 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...diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. ' Whoever. wishes toattain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his... | |
 | David Irving - 1821 - 336 páginas
...its genuine Anglicism. What he attempted he performed : he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor...though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy."* ' . : Dryden, Pope, and Atterbury, are reckoned among the number of graceful writers ; and to these... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - 580 páginas
...He is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates; his sentences have neither studied amplitude nor affected...though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy." It is, however, the colloquial tone, fusing these qualities into an harmonious whole, that renders... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 394 páginas
...is never J,ceble, 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. l •Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious,... | |
 | John Watkins - 1821 - 1570 páginas
...unmarried, in 1797. Dr. Johnson, after drawing his character in a forcible and elegant manner says, " whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...coarse, and elegant, but not ostentatious, must give hia days and nights to the volumes of Addison." — Hing. Jirit. Johnson's Poets. ADELARD, a monk of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 388 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...periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy.i .Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 304 páginas
...he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic : 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. POEMS OF JOSEPH ADDISON. TO MR. DRYDEN. How long, great poet! shall thy sacred lays Provoke our wonder,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 298 páginas
...he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic : he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor...coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give bis days and nights to the volumes of Addison. POEMS OF JOSEPH ADDISON. TO MR. DRYDEN. How long, great... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 514 páginas
...classical or European language, as easily as if it had been originally conceived in it. BUBNEY.] • style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not...ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes ofAddison."2 Though the Rambler was not concluded till the year 1752, I shall under this year, say... | |
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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. 
