...grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling, pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration ; always equable, and...luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour. " Mille habet ornatus, mille decenter habet." It was appareritly his principal endeavour to avoid all...

...grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling ; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration ; always equable, and...luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour. It seems to have been his principal endeavour to avoid all harshness and severity of diction ; he is therefore...

...; always equable and always easy, without glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison neverdeviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitious...severity of diction ; he is therefore sometimes verbose in his transitions and connections, and sometimes descends too much to the language of conversation...

...grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling, pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration ; always equable, and...severity of diction ; he is therefore sometimes verbose in his transitions and connections, and sometimes descends too much to the language of conversation...

...grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling, pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration ; always equable, and...avoid all harshness and severity of diction ; he is thereV fore sometimes verbose in his transitions and connections, and sometimes descends too much to...

...Fitzosborne, Let. xxix. f Johnson's Life of .Cowley. {Goldsmith's Essays, vol iii. Essay xx. lion i tion ; always equable, and always easy, without glowing words,...luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour. i....,, . : " It was apparently his principal endeavour to avoid all harshness and severity of diction...

...grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling ; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration ; always equable, and...severity of diction ; he is therefore sometimes verbose in his transitions and connexions, and sometimes descends too much to the language of conversation...

...grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling, pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration ; always equable, and...severity of diction ; he is therefore sometimes verbose in his transitions and connections, and sometimes descends too much to the language of conversation...

...grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling, pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration ; always equable, and...luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour. Tt was apparently his principal endeavour to avoid all harshness and severity of diction ; he is therefore...

...grave subjects not formal; on light occasions not grovelling; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration. Always equable, and...Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace;«he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. His page is always luminous;...