...the highway?' Porson, Tracts, p. 339. Both are excellent, though in different ways. Addison writes with the ease of a gentleman. His readers fancy that...though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy'. ' Works, vii. 473. * When Johnson shewed me a proof-sheet of the character of Addison, in which he...

...styles of Addison and Johnson. [AD 1750. Both are excellent, though in different ways. Addison writes with the ease of a gentleman. His readers fancy that...though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy*. 1 Works, vii. 473. * When Johnson shewed me a proof-sheet of the character of Addison, in which he...

...impressed upon them by his commanding eloquence. Addison's style, like a light wine, pleases every body from the first. . Johnson's, like a liquor of more...attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and * [When Johnson shewed me a proof-sheet of. the character of Addison, in which he so highly extols...

...sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity : his periods, though not dilligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain...give his days and nights to the volumes of ADDISON. TO i . THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN LORD SOMMERS; BARON OF EVESHAM. itr LOUD, I SHOULD not act the part...

...sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity : his periods, though not dilligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain...give his days and nights to the volumes of ADDISON. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN LORD SOMMERS; BARON OF EVESHAM. Mr LORD, I SHOULD not act the part of...

...idiomatical, it might have lost somewhat of its genuine Anglicism. What he attempted, he - T t 2 performed; performed; he is never feeble, and he did not wish...diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever vi ishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coavse, and elegant but not ostentatious, give...

...Anglicism. What he attempted, he performed; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...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...

...Anglicism. What he attempted, he performed; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...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...

...attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic; he is never rapid, and never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied...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...

...impressed upon them by his commanding eloquence. Addison's style, like a light wine, pleases every body from the first. Johnson's, like a liquor of more body,...though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. 1 Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious,...