 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 pages
...Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces...thought tedious. They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 652 pages
...Criticism, either didactick or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces...thought tedious. They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced,... | |
 | Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces...thought tedious ; they have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other ; the clauses are never balanced,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...Criticism, either didactick or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces...thought tedious. They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced,... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces...thought tedious. They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other. The pauses are never balanced,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 pages
...either didactick or defensive, occupies almost •' all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces were ever thought tedious. The; have not the formality of a settled style, in j which the first half of the Sentence betrays the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 506 pages
...Criticism, either didactick or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces were ever thought 4 tedious. They have_notjhf formality nf 3 sfitilgj stylejn which the first half of the sentence betrays... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 pages
...Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none of his prefaces were...thought tedious. They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half the sentence betrays the other. The pauses are never balanced,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 pages
...Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occuj almost all his prose, except those pages whi he haa deroted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces were ever...thought tedious. They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the fir&t half of the sentence betrays the other. The pauses are never balanced,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...close attenm. Criticism, either didaeflc or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those he third stanza sounds big with " Delphi," and " Egean,"...Meander," and with " hallowed fountains," and " so settled Btyle, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other. The pauses axe never balanced,... | |
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Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none of his prefaces were ever thought tedious. 
