 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 Seiten
...amplitnde nor affected brevity : his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...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 Seiten
...amplitude, nor affected brevity ; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy P. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addisonq." Though the Rambler was not concluded till the year 1752, 1 shall, under this year, say all... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 442 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy, -f Whoever wishes to attain an Knglish 1827 , -@!s Though the Rambler was not concluded till the year 1752,1 shall, under this year, say ail that I have... | |
 | 1829 - 414 Seiten
...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 Seiten
... 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 Seiten
... 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 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1830 - 274 Seiten
... so Oxford NJGLISH 3001 50089Q ADDISON'S WORKS. VOLUME THE FOURTH. WHOEVER JYISHES TO ATTAIN AN ENGLISH ST.YLE, FAMILIAR BUT NOT COARSE,...OSTENTATIOUS, MUST GIVE HIS DAYS AND NIGHTS TO THE VOLUMES OP ADDISON. DR. JOHNSON. MISCELLANEOUS WORKS JOSEPH ADDISON. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. IV. LONDON: LEWIS... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1830 - 270 Seiten
... 600079050R ADDISON'S WORKS. VOLUME THE FOURTH. WHOEVER WISHES TO ATTAIN AN ENGLISH STYLE, FAMILIAR...ELEGANT BUT NOT OSTENTATIOUS, MUST GIVE HIS DAYS AND XICHTS TO THE VOLUMES OF ADDISON. DR. JOHNSON. MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF JOSEPH ADDISON. IN FOUR VOLUMES.... | |
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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... 
