 Softly has got all the bad ones without book ; which he repeats upon occasion, to show his reading, and garnish his conversation. Ned is indeed a true English reader, incapable of relishing the great and masterly strokes of this art ; but wonderfully...  The Tatler - Sida 260efter Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 400 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1711 - 404 sidor
...moll admired of our E.ngl:jh Poets, and praiftifed by thofe who want Genius and Strength to reprefent, after the Manner of the Ancients, Simplicity in its natural Beauty and Perfection. Finding my felf unavoidably engaged in fuch a Converfation, I was refolved to turn my Pain into a Pleafuie,... | |
 | 1785 - 698 sidor
...incapable of relilhing the great and malreriy ftrokes of this art; but wonderfully pleafed with the little Gothic ornaments of epigrammatical conceits, turns, points, and quibbles; which are fo frequent in the molt admired of our F.ngliih poets, and practiied by thofe who want penius and ibength... | |
 | British essayists - 1803 - 342 sidor
...incapable of relishing the great and masterly strokes of this art ; but wonderfully pleased with the little Gothic ornaments of epigrammatical conceits,...and strength to represent, after the manner of the antients, simplicity in its natural beauty and perfection. Finding myself unavoidably engaged in such... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 sidor
...incapable of relishing the great ar?d masterly strokes of this art; but one wonderfully pleased with the little Gothic ornaments of epigrammatical conceits,...conversation, I was resolved to turn my pain into pleasure, and to divert myself as well as I could with so very odd a fellow. " You must understand... | |
 | 1804 - 676 sidor
...masterly strokes of this art ; but wonderfully pleased with the little gothic ornaments of epigrammaucal conceits, turns, points, and quibbles ; which are...and strength to represent, after the manner of the antients, simplicity in its natural beauty and perfection. Finding myself unavoidably engaged in such... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 410 sidor
...incapable of relishing the great and masterly strokes of this art ; but wonderfully pleased with the little Gothic ornaments of epigrammatical conceits,...frequent in the most admired of our English poets, and practiced by those who want genius and strength to represent, after the manner of the ancients, simplicity... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 sidor
...strokes of this art ; but wonderfully pleased with the little Gothic ornaments of epigram mat ical now her frowus make und strength to represent, after the manner of the ancients, simplicity in its natural beauty and perfection.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 548 sidor
...incapable of relishing the great and masterly strokes of this art ; but one wonderfully pleased with the little Gothic ornaments of epigrammatical conceits,...turns, points, and quibbles, which are so frequent m the most admired of our English poets, and practised by those who want genius and strength to represent,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1856 - 442 sidor
...incapable of relishing the great and masterly strokes of this art ; but wonderfully \ pleased with the little Gothic ornaments of epigrammatical conceits,...the ancients, simplicity in its natural beauty and perfec-^, tion. Finding myself unavoidably engaged in such a conversation, I was resolved to turn my... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 546 sidor
...incapable of relishing the great and masterly strokes of this art ; but one wonderfully pleased with the little Gothic ornaments" of epigrammatical conceits,...conversation, I was resolved to turn my pain into pleasure, and to divert myself as well as I could with so very odd a fellow. " You must understand... | |
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