 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 sivua
...energetic;* he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither stndied amplitnde nor affected brevity : his periods, though not diligently...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison, HUGHES. JOHN II re in •s, the son of a citizen in London, and of Anne Burgess, of an ancient family... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 440 sivua
...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...though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy P. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant, but not ostentatious,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 442 sivua
...observing, that it had not been his own model, as no two styles could differ more from each other. — "Sir, to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse,...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison V * Though the Rambler was not concluded till the year 1752, 1 shall, under this year, say all that... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 sivua
...himself: " What he attempted, he performed : he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; t, and as it 8s noratfected brevity : his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy, -f Whoever... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 sivua
...Anglicism. What he attempted he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. IV. — Pleasure and Pain, — SPEcTATOR. THERE were two families, which, from the beginningof the... | |
 | 1927 - 458 sivua
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 | 1829 - 414 sivua
...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...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." An eminent critic of the present day, speakingofoneofMr. Hall's sermons, says, " The diction displays... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1830 - 294 sivua
... 600079048Y fl ADDISON'S WORKS. VOLUME THE SECOND. WHOEVER WISHES TO ATTAIN AN ENGLISH STYLE, FAMILIAR...GIVE HIS DAYS AND NIGHTS TO THE VOLUMES OF ADDISON. DR. JOHNSON. THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF JOSEPH ADDISON. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. II. . OXFORD, ;/~ --•'A... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1830 - 260 sivua
... ADDISON'S WORKS. VOLUME THE THIRD. WHOEVER WISHES TO ATTAIN AN ENGLISH STYLE, FAMILIAR...OSTENTATIOUS, MUST GIVE HIS DAYS AND NIGHTS TO THE VOLUMES OF ADPISON. DR. JOHNSON. MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF JOSEPH ADDISON. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. III. OXFORD, PUBLISHED... | |
 | Barthold Georg Niebuhr - 1830 - 110 sivua
...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...ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison."—Dn. JOHNSON. These volumes, with the exception of his papers in the Spectator, Tatler,... | |
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What he attempted, he performed ; 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 brevity ; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are... 
