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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... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His Works - Sivu 509
tekijä(t) Robert Anderson - 1815 - 639 sivua
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The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf ...

680 sivua
...writings ; following, as he has recorded it, Doctor Johnson's advice, who recommends those " who would attain an English style — familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious — to give their days and nights to the volumes of Addison." But Bilton had other points in its favour,...

Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Nide 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 sivua
...though so easy, familiar, and elegant, to an Englishman, as to give the intellect no trouble ; yet he Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison'.' Though The Rambler was not concluded till the year 1752, I shall,...

Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of ..., Nide 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 640 sivua
...Englishman, as to give the intellect no trouble ; yet he Whoever Aetat.41.] BoswelVs projected works. 261 Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison1.' Though The Rambler was not concluded till the year 1752, I shall,...

General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most ..., Nide 1

John Aikin - 1799 - 582 sivua
...authority few will call in question. " Whoever," says Dr. Johnson, (Lifeof Addison, in the English Poets) " wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not...elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." The faäs in the preceding account are taken from the BiograpAia...

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 sivua
...amplitude, nor affected brevity : his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy.* Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and * [When Johnson shewed me a proof-sheet of. the character of Addison, in which he so highly extols...

The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now ..., Nide 1,Osa 1

John Dryden - 1800 - 606 sivua
...intellectual wealth," might be justly affixed as a motto to the volumes of Burke. Dr. Johnson has said, that " whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." He who has this object in view, may surely, with equal propriety,...

The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden, Now First ...

John Dryden - 1800 - 622 sivua
...intellectual wealth," might be justly aflixed as a motto to the volumes ot Burke. Dr. Johnson has said, that " whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." He who has this object in view, may surely, with equal propriety,...

The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., Nide 1,Numero 1

John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 601 sivua
...intellectual wealth," might he justly affixed as a motto to the volumes of Burke. Dr. Johnson has said, that " whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." He who has this object in view, may surely, with equal propriety,...

The minstrel: in two books: with some other poems. To which are now added ...

James Beattie - 1803 - 240 sivua
...lavished the honours of literary applause more liberally than on you ? Have I not said, that " who" ever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but "...must " give his days and his nights to the volumes of Ad" dison f" ADDISON. You have indeed bestowed on me greater praise than I deserve. But I can hardly...

The Spectator: In Eight Volumes. : Vol. I[-VIII].

1803 - 420 sivua
...amplitude, nor affected brevity : his periods, though not dilligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of ADDISON. TO i . THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN LORD SOMMERS; BARON OF EVESHAM....




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