 | Isaac Disraeli - 1881 - 604 Seiten
...our present refinement, and it is with truth he observes of his " Rambler," " That he had laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and...barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations, and that he has added to the elegance of its construction and to the harmony of its cadence." In this... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1881 - 502 Seiten
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 | Isaac Disraeli - 1881 - 616 Seiten
...refinement, and it is with truth he observes of his " Rambler," " That he had laboured to refine oar language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from...barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations, and that he has added to the elegance of its construction and to the harmony of its cadence." In this... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 492 Seiten
...218. In the last Rambler, speaking of what he had himself done for our language, he says : — v ' Something, perhaps, I have added to the elegance of...construction, and something to the harmony of, its cadence.' objected to for his parentheses, his involved clauses, and bis want of harmony. But he is supported... | |
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 Seiten
...i. 218. In the last Rambler, speaking of what he had himself done for our language, he says :.— ' Something, perhaps, I have added to the elegance of...construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence.' objected Elphinstoris MARTIAL. objected to for his parentheses, his involved clauses, and his want... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1889 - 316 Seiten
...the final sentence of mankind, I have at least endeavoured to deserve their kindness. I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and...construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence.1 When common words were less pleasing to the ear, or less distinct in their signification,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1889 - 294 Seiten
...the final sentence of mankind, I have at least endeavoured to deserve their kindness. I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and...construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence.1 When common words were less pleasing to the ear, or less distinct in their signification,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1889 - 286 Seiten
...the final sentence of mankind, I have at least endeavoured to deserve their kindness. I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and...combinations. Something, perhaps, I have added to t!.e elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence.1 When common words... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1892 - 400 Seiten
...partial. Johnson conceived it to be his mission to reform his native tongue, and in his own words, to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious...and irregular combinations. < Something, perhaps,' he wrote at the end of the SamUer, 'I have added to the elegance of its construction, and something... | |
 | Alexander Nicolas De Menil - 1897 - 572 Seiten
...imr present refinement, and it Is with truth that he observes of his Bambler. "That he had laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and...barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations, and that he has added to the elegance of its construction and to the harmony of iUoadencos."— ISAAC... | |
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I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony... 
