| Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1783 - 682 pages
...is its capital fault. His Lordfaip can exprefs nothing with Simplicity. He Teems to have confidered it as vulgar, and beneath the dignity of a man of quality, to fpeak like other men. Hence he is ever in buQcinc ; full of ciicumlocutions and artificial elegance.... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1785 - 652 pages
...is its capital fault. His lordfhip can expreis nothing with fimplicity. He feems to have confidered it as vulgar, and beneath the dignity of a man of quality, to fpeak like other men. Hence he is ever in buíkiíis ; full of circumlocutions and artificial elegance.... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...is its capital fault. His iordfhip can exprefs nothing with Simplicity. He feems to have coniidcrcd it as vulgar, and beneath the dignity of a man of quality, to fpeak like other men. Hence he is ever in bufîcins ; full of circumlocutions and artificial elegance.... | |
| Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...is its capital fault. Hij lordihip can exprefs nothing with Simplicity. He feems to have confulercd it as vulgar, and beneath the dignity of a man of quality, to fpeak like other men. Hence he is ever in bufkins; full of circumlocutions and artificial elegance.... | |
| History - 1800 - 608 pages
...is its capital fault. His lordlhip can exprefs nothing with fimplicity. He leems to have conlidered it as vulgar, and beneath the dignity of a man of quality, to fpeak like other men. Hence he is ever in bnikins ; full of circumlocutions and artificial elegance.... | |
| History - 1800 - 632 pages
...is its capital fault. His lordlhip can exprefs nothing with fimplicity. He leems to have confidered it as vulgar, and beneath the dignity of a man of quality, to fpeak like other men. Hence he is ever in buikins ; full of circumlocutions and artificial elegance.... | |
| John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 424 pages
...have a remarkable instance in our language. Lord Shaftesbury, though an author of considerable merit, can express nothing with simplicity. He seems to have...it as vulgar, and beneath the dignity of a man of fashion, to speak like other men. Hence he is perpetually in buskins, replete with circumlocutions... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1801 - 500 pages
...is its capital fault. His lordfliip can exprefs nothing with fimplicity. He feems to have confidered it as vulgar, and beneath the dignity of a man of quality , to fpeak like other men. Hence he is ever in buikins; full of circumlocutions and artificial elegance.... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1807 - 406 pages
...highly admired. It is greatly hurt, however, by perpetual stiffness and affectation. This is its capital fault. His lordship can express nothing with Simplicity....dignity of a man of quality to speak like other men. Henc? he is ever in buskins ; full of circumlocutions and artifscial elegance. In every sentence, we... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1808 - 330 pages
...an author of considerable merit, he expresses nothing with simplicity. He seems to have thought it vulgar, and beneath the dignity of a man of quality,...and artificial elegance. In every sentence we see marks of labour and art ; nothing of that ease which expresses a sentiment coming natural and warm... | |
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