 | 1829 - 414 pages
...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...ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." An eminent critic of the present day, speakingofoneofMr. Hall's sermons, says, " The diction... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1830 - 294 pages
... 600079048Y fl ADDISON'S WORKS. VOLUME THE SECOND. WHOEVER WISHES TO ATTAIN AN ENGLISH STYLE, FAMILIAR...OSTENTATIOUS, MUST GIVE HIS DAYS AND NIGHTS TO THE VOLUMES OF ADDISON. DR. JOHNSON. THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF JOSEPH ADDISON. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. II. . OXFORD,... | |
 | Barthold Georg Niebuhr - 1830 - 110 pages
...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 pages
... 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 pages
... 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.... | |
 | Homer - 1831 - 154 pages
...beautifully printed to match in size the various editions of the British Essayists, in royal 18mo. I/. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. — DR. JoHNSON. '['HE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS of SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, including sixteen Letters... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1831 - 594 pages
...dulcet, graceful, idiomatic flow of language, which amply justifies the eulogium of Johnson, that " whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." ADELARD, or ATHELARD, an English Benedictine monk, who lived under the reign of Henry I.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 pages
...thcdiscriminatioiHo be just. Let any one who doubts it, try to translate one of Addison's Spectators into Latin, English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant...ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison V Piozzi, [His manner of criticising and commending Addi'"" "'" son's prose was the same in... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 pages
...discrimination to be just. Let any one who doubts it, try to translate one of Addison's Spectators into Latin, English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant...ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison V [His manner of criticising and commending Addi5 ' son's prose was the same in conversation... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 pages
...discrimination to be just. Let any one who doubts it, try to translate one of Addison's Spectators into Latin, English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant...ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison V Piozzi, [His manner of criticising and commending Addip' 8 ' son's prose was the same in... | |
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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... 
