 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pagina’s
...BoswelVs projected works. 261 Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and...to observe upon it. Some of the translations of the mottos by himself are admirably done. He acknowledges to have received ' elegant translations ' of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pagina’s
...intellect no trouble ; yet he 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'.' Though The Rambler was not concluded till the year 1752, I shall, under this year, say all... | |
 | John Aikin - 1799 - 790 pagina’s
...of Addison, in the English Poets) " 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 fafts in the preceding account are taken from the Biographia Britannica. — A. ADELAKD,... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 614 pagina’s
...Dr. Johnson has said, 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." He who has this object in view, may surely, with equal propriety, be counselled to study... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pagina’s
...Dr. Johnson has said, 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." He who has this object in view, may surely, with equal propriety, be counselled to study... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 622 pagina’s
...Dr. Johnson has said, 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." He who has this object in view, may surely, with equal propriety, be counselled to study... | |
 | 1803 - 434 pagina’s
...rounded, are voluble and easy. 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. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN LORD SOMMERS; BARON OF EVESHAM. Mr LORD, I SHOULD not act the... | |
 | 1803 - 420 pagina’s
...rounded, are voluble and easy. 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. TO i . THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN LORD SOMMERS; BARON OF EVESHAM. itr LOUD, I SHOULD not act... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 pagina’s
...rounded, are voluble and easy. 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 public has in a great measure sanctioned the opinions of these truly learned and discerning... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1805 - 696 pagina’s
...the attempt. ' Whoever wishes (says Johnson) to attain an English style, familiar and not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.' Such a style is, on the whole, the most useful, perhaps the most elegant, if it be true,... | |
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