 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 sidor
...though so easy, familiar, and elegant, to an Englishman, as to give the intellect no trouble ; yet he Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison'.' Though The Rambler was not concluded till the year 1752, I shall, under this year, say all that I have... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 680 sidor
...though so easy, familiar, and elegant, to an Englishman, as to give the intellect no trouble ; yet he Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison ' .' Though The Rambler was not concluded till the year 1752, I shall, under this year, say all that... | |
 | John Aikin - 1799 - 790 sidor
...few will call in question. " Whoever," says Dr. Johnson, (Life of Addison, in the English Poets) " wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." The fafts in the preceding account are taken from the Biographia Britannica. — A. ADELAKD, a Benedictine... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 sidor
...into anyclassical or European language, as easily as if it had been originallyconceived in it, B.] • elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison."1 Though the Rambler was not concluded till the year 1752, . I' shall, under this year, say... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 601 sidor
...intellectual wealth," might he justly affixed as a motto to the volumes of Burke. Dr. Johnson has said, that " whoever wishes to attain an English style,...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." He who has this object in view, may surely, with equal propriety, be counselled to study the pages... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 606 sidor
...intellectual wealth," might be justly affixed as a motto to the volumes of Burke. Dr. Johnson has said, that " whoever wishes to attain an English style,...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." He who has this object in view, may surely, with equal propriety, be counselled to study the pages... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 622 sidor
...might be justly affixed as a motto to the volumes of Burke. V1U ADVERTISEMENT. Dr. Johnson has said, that " whoever wishes to attain an English style,...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." He who has this object in view, may surely, with equal propriety, be counselled to study the pages... | |
 | 1803 - 434 sidor
...amplitude, nor affected brevity : his periods, though not dilligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...give his days and nights to the volumes of ADDISON. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN LORD SOMMERS; BARON OF EVESHAM. tir LOSD, I SHOULD not act the part of an... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 sidor
...amplitude, nor affected brevity; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison *." The public has in a great measure sanctioned the opinions of these truly learned and discerning... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 sidor
...amplitude, nor affected brevity ; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. " BLACKMORE. SIR RICHARD BLACK MORE was the son of Robert Blackmore, of Corsham in Wiltshire, supposed... | |
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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... 
