 ... always equable, and always easy, without glowing 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...  Lives of English poets - עמוד 144מאת Samuel Johnson - 1801תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 דפים
...his being. In prose Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitions ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. His...is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendor. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity ; his periods, tho' not... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 דפים
...Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitions ornaments, and tries uo hazardous innovations. His page is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendor. His ientences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity; his periods, tho' not... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 דפים
...glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitious ornaments and tries no hazardous innovations....is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour. It was apparently his principal endeavour to avoid ill harshness and severity of diction... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1811 - 424 דפים
...glowing 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 with unexpected splendour ; — if his language had been1 less idiomatical (this is his " adoption... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 512 דפים
...glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison nfiver deviates from his track to snatch a grace; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations....is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour. It seems to have been his principal endeavour to avoid all harshness and severity of diction... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 510 דפים
...glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations....is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour. It seems to have been his principal endeavour to avoid all harshness and severity of diction... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 504 דפים
...glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations....is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour. " Mille habet ornatus, mille decenter habet." It was appareritly his principal endeavour... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 516 דפים
...glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations....is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour. It seems to have been his principal endeavour to avoid all harshness and severity of diction... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 430 דפים
...glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations....is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour. It was apparently his principal endeavour to avoid all harshness and severity of diction... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 416 דפים
...glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations....is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour. It was apparently his principal endeavour to avoid all harshness and severity of diction... | |
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