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...has become almost proverbial to repeat, that " whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiur but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of ADDISON." That few, however, are willing to bestow this labour, or anxious to obtain the reward, is...

...amplitude, nor affected brevity ; his periods, tho' not diligently rounded, are valuable and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar,...but not coarse, and elegant, but not ostentatious, roust give his days and nights to tue volumes of Addison." II A SONG FOR ST. CECILIA'S DAY, AT OXFORD...

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