His prose is the model of the middle style; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration; always equable, and always easy, without glowing words or pointed sentences.... The Microcosm: A Periodical Work - Pàgina 118editat per - 1809Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pàgines
...style ; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling; pure without sciupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration ; always equable,...deviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. HL> page is always luminous, but never blazes... | |
| 1803 - 420 pàgines
...scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration ; always equal, and always easy, without giving words or pointed sentences. Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. His page is always luminous, but never blazes... | |
| 1803 - 434 pàgines
...scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration ; always equal, and always easy, without giving words or pointed sentences. Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries uo hazardous innovations. His page is always luminous, but never biases... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pàgines
...pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration ; always equable, and always c*asy, without glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison...deviates from his track to snatch 'a grace ; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. His page is always luminous, but never blazes... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 pàgines
...anonymously, I believe, in 1777, N° 28, and 106, 14th edition. sions not grovelling : pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration...deviates from his track to snatch a grace; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. His page is always luminous, but never blazes... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 378 pàgines
...published, anonymously, I believe, in H77, N°28, and 106, Hth edition. sions not grovelling : pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration...deviates from his track to snatch a grace; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. His page is always luminous, but never blazes... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pàgines
...model of the middle style; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not groveling, pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration...glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison never deviated from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 pàgines
...of the middle style ; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not groveling; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration;...deviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. His page is always luminous, but never blazes... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 pàgines
...of the middle style ; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling ; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration...deviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. His page is always luminous, but never blazes... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 pàgines
...of the middle style ; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not groveling; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration;...pointed sentences. Addison never deviates from his track * Far, in Di. Warton's opinion, beyond Dryden. C. to snatch a grace; he seeks no ambitious ornaments,... | |
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