 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 trang
...periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy, -f Whoever wishes to attain an Knglish 1827 , -@!s nights to the volumes of Addison."* Though the Rambler was not concluded till the year 1752,1 shall,... | |
 | 1829 - 414 trang
...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...elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." An eminent critic of the present day, speakingofoneofMr. Hall's... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1830 - 294 trang
... 600079048Y fl ADDISON'S WORKS. VOLUME THE SECOND. WHOEVER WISHES TO ATTAIN AN ENGLISH STYLE, FAMILIAR...ELEGANT BUT NOT OSTENTATIOUS, MUST GIVE HIS DAYS AND NIGHTS TO THE VOLUMES OF ADDISON. DR. JOHNSON. THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF JOSEPH ADDISON. IN FOUR VOLUMES.... | |
 | Barthold Georg Niebuhr - 1830 - 110 trang
...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...elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison."—Dn. JOHNSON. These volumes, with the exception of his papers in... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1830 - 274 trang
... so Oxford NJGLISH 3001 50089Q ADDISON'S WORKS. VOLUME THE FOURTH. WHOEVER JYISHES TO ATTAIN AN ENGLISH ST.YLE, FAMILIAR BUT NOT COARSE,...ELEGANT BUT NOT OSTENTATIOUS, MUST GIVE HIS DAYS AND NIGHTS TO THE VOLUMES OP ADDISON. DR. JOHNSON. MISCELLANEOUS WORKS JOSEPH ADDISON. IN FOUR VOLUMES.... | |
 | Homer - 1831 - 154 trang
...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...elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. — DR. JoHNSON. '['HE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS of SIR PHILIP SIDNEY,... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1831 - 594 trang
...dulcet, graceful, idiomatic flow of language, which amply justifies the eulogium of Johnson, that " whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." ADELARD, or ATHELARD, an English Benedictine monk, who lived under... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 trang
...discrimination to be just. Let any one who doubts it, try to translate one of Addison's Spectators into Latin, 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 Addi5 ' son's prose was... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 trang
...thcdiscriminatioiHo be just. Let any one who doubts it, try to translate one of Addison's Spectators into Latin, English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison V Piozzi, [His manner of criticising and commending Addi'"" "'" son's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 trang
...discrimination to be just. Let any one who doubts it, try to translate one of Addison's Spectators into Latin, English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison V Piozzi, [His manner of criticising and commending Addip' 8 ' son's... | |
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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... 
