 LETTERS written from the heart and on real occasions, though not always decorated with the flowers of eloquence, must be far more useful and interesting than the studied paragraphs of Pliny, or the pompous declamations of Balsac ; as they contain just...  London Magazine Enlarged and Improved - Pàgina 1711756Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1793 - 328 pàgines
...though not always decorated with the flowers of eloquence, muft be far more ufeful and interefting than the ftudied paragraphs of Pliny, or the pompous...manners, and are the genuine .emanations of nature. Of this kind I fhall felect a few from the heap I have received from my correfpondents, each of which... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 330 pàgines
...interesting than the studied paragraphs of Pliny, or the pompous declamations of Balsac; as they contain just pictures of life and manners, and are the genuine emanations of nature. Of this kind I shall select a few from the heap I have received from my correspondents, each of which... | |
 | 1804 - 764 pàgines
...though not nlways decorated with the flowers of eloquence, rauft be far more ufeful and interefting than the ftudied paragraphs of Pliny, or the pompous declamations of Balfac ; as they contain jtift pietures of life and manners, and are the genuine -emanations of nature." It is very certain... | |
 | 1819 - 332 pàgines
...than the studied paragraphs of Pliny, or the pompous declamations of Balsac ; as they contain just pictures of life and manners, and are the genuine emanations of nature. Of this kind I shall select a few from the heap I have received from my correspondents, each of which... | |
 | John Hawkesworth - 1823 - 302 pàgines
...than the studied paragraphs of Pliny, or the pompous declamations of Balsac ; as they contain just pictures of life and manners, and are the genuine emanations of nature. Of this kind I shall select a few from the heap I have received from my correspondents, each of which... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 650 pàgines
...interesting than the studied paragraphs of Pliny, or the pompous declamations of Balsac; as they contain just pictures of life and manners, and are the genuine emanations of nature. Of this kind I shall select a few from the heap I have received from my correspondents, each of which... | |
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