| Samuel Johnson - 1794 - 424 pàgines
...thing elfe which he has written. f * * r*ft * In his other works is found an equable tenour of eafy language, which rather trickles than flows. His delight was in Simplicity.. That That he has in his works no metaphor, as has been faid, is not true ; but his few metaphors feem to... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pàgines
...true of any thing else Tfhich he has written. In his other works is found an equable tenour of easy language, which rather trickles than flows. His delight was in simplicity. That he has in tos works no metaphor, as has been said, is not true ; but his few metaphors,seem to be received rather... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pàgines
...afterwards never possessed, or never exerted." " In his othjer works is found an equable tenour of easy language, which rather trickles than flows. His delight...has been said, is not true; but his few metaphors seemed to be received rather by necessity than choice. He studied purity; and though perhaps all his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pàgines
...thing else which ho has written. In his other works is found an equable tenour of easy Ian* guagc, which rather trickles than flows. His delight was...studied purity ; and though perhaps all his strictures arc not exact, yet it is not often that solecisms can be found ; and whoever depends on his authority... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 pàgines
...true of any thing else which he has written. JH bis ciihcr works is found an equable tenour of easy language, which rather trickles than flows. His delight...choice. He studied purity ; and though perhaps all hb strictures are not exact, yet it is not often that solecisms can be found ; and whoever depends... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 598 pàgines
...rather trickles than flows. His delight was iu simplicity. That he has in his works no metaphor, as lias been said, is not true ; but his few metaphors seem...not often that solecisms can be found ; and whoever dej>ends on his Huthority may generally conclude himself safe. His sentences are never too much dilated... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pàgines
...true of any thing else which he has written. In his other works is found an equable tenour of easy language, which rather trickles than flows. His delight...but his few metaphors seem to be received rather by ne.> cessity than choice. He studied purity ; and though perhaps all his strictures are not exact,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pàgines
...true of any thing else which he has written. In his other works is found an equable tenour of easy language, which rather trickles than flows. His delight was in simplicity. That he has in his ivorks no metaphor, as has been said, is not true ; but his few metaphors seem to be received rather... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 686 pàgines
...true of any thing else which he has written. " In his other works is found an equable tenor of easy language, which rather trickles than flows. His delight was in simplicity. That he has in his in many passages of his life of the Dean, especially con. sidering that these great men coincided in... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 404 pàgines
...true of any thing else which he has written. In his other works is found an equable tenour or easy language, which rather trickles than flows. His delight was in simplicity. That he has in hi* works no metaphor, as has been said, is not true ; but his few metaphors seem to be received rather... | |
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