 | John Earle - 1890 - 552 pages
...unconstrained, and (according to Johnson's happy phrase) as if every word had fallen into its place by chance. None of his prefaces were ever 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 - 1895 - 234 pages
...Criticism, either didactick or defensive, occupies almost 20 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 - 1899 - 216 pages
...notice, his works must be perused with very close attention. 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,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 412 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,... | |
 | 1900 - 492 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,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 420 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,... | |
 | Sir William Robertson Nicoll, Thomas Seccombe - 1907 - 524 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 of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 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 of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1909 - 1122 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 ever thought tedious. They have not the^ormality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other^^The clauses... | |
 | John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 pages
..."Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those [ages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none of his prefaces were ever thought tedious. They bave not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the lenience betrays the other.... | |
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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. 
