| Barthold Georg Niebuhr - 1830 - 110 страници
...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 but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison."—Dn. JOHNSON. These volumes,... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1830 - 274 страници
... so Oxford NJGLISH 3001 50089Q ADDISON'S WORKS. VOLUME THE FOURTH. WHOEVER JYISHES TO ATTAIN AN ENGLISH ST.YLE, FAMILIAR BUT NOT COARSE, AND ELEGANT BUT NOT OSTENTATIOUS, MUST GIVE HIS DAYS AND NIGHTS TO THE VOLUMES OP ADDISON. DR. JOHNSON. MISCELLANEOUS WORKS... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 602 страници
...himself : " What he attempted, he performed ; he is neverfoeble, and he did not wish to be energetick ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...are voluble and easy '. Whoever wishes to attain an 1 When Johnson showed me a proof-sheet of the character of Addison, in which he so highly extols his... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 600 страници
...himself : " What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble, &nA 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 l. Whoever wishes to attain an 1 When Johnson showed me a proof-sheet of the character of Addison,... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 604 страници
...himself : " What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble,2Hi& 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 1. Whoever wishes to attain an 1 When Johnson showed me a proof-sheet of the character of Addison,... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1831 - 594 страници
...dulcet, graceful, idiomatic flow of language, which amply justifies the eulogium of Johnson, that " 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." ADELARD, or ATHELARD, an English... | |
| Homer - 1831 - 154 страници
...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 but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. — DR. JoHNSON. '['HE MISCELLANEOUS... | |
| James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 страници
...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...rounded, are voluble and easy '. Whoever wishes to an opinion gaming ground, not much to the advantage of Mr. Addison's style, the characteristics of... | |
| 1923 - 1004 страници
...he publishes his history of the present age.' He has a great admiration for Addison's writings : ' 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.' This remarkable book has afforded... | |
| Robert Anderson - 696 страници
...he lavishes the honours of literary applause, with a liberality which far transcends all praise. " Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar, but not coarse, and elegant, but not ostentatious, must give his days and his nights to the volumes of Addison." Of those poets who rank... | |
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