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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 140
by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 43

English literature - 1781 - 754 pages
...fubjedls not formal, on light occafions not grovelling ; pure without fcrupulofity, and exact without apparent elaboration ; always equable, and always eafy, without glowing words or pointed fcntences. Addifon never deviates from his track to fn.itch a grace ; he feeks no ambi'ious ornaments,...
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Annual Register, Volume 25

Edmund Burke - History - 1800 - 624 pages
...pure without krupulofity, and exaft without apparent elaboration ; always equable, and always ealy, without glowing words or pointed fentences. Addifon...never deviates from his track to fnatch a grace ; he leeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. His page is always luminous, but...
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prefaces, biographical and critical, to the works of the english poets.

samuel johnson - 1781 - 258 pages
...fubj ects not formal, on light occafions not grovelling; pure without fcrupulofity, and exadt- without apparent elaboration; always equable, and always eafy,...fentences. Addifon never deviates from his track to fnatch '&grace; he feeks no ambitious o'rna-- ments, and tries no hazardbus innovations. His page is always...
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 254 pages
...fubjects not formal, on light occafions not grovelling ; pure without fcrupulofity, and exa£t without apparent elaboration; always equable, and always eafy.,...fentences. Addifon never deviates from his track to match a grace ; he fceks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. His page is always...
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THE MONTHLY REVIEW OR LITERARY JOURNAL

Several Hands - 1781 - 588 pages
...fu'ojcfls not formal, on light cccafions not groielling; pure without fcrupulofity, and exa£l without apparent elaboration ; always equable, and always...without glowing words or pointed fentences. Addifon cevtr deviates from his track to fnatch a grace ; he feeks no ambitious ornaments, ar.d tries no hazardous...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 52

Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1781 - 506 pages
...fubjecT* not formal,' on light occafions not grovelling; pure without fcrupulolky, and exact: without apparent elaboration ; 'always equable, and always eafy, without glowing words or pointed fentences. Adciifun never deviates from his track to fnatch a -grace ; he feeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries...
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 258 pages
...fubjects not formal, on light occafions not grovelling ; pure without fcrupulofity, and exadt without apparent elaboration; always equable, and always eafy, without glowing words or pointed fentences. Addifbn never deviates from his track to fnatch a grace ; he feefcs no ambitious ornaments, and tries...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 456 pages
...fcriapulofity, and exact without apparent elaboration ; always equable, and always eafy, with-. out glowing words or pointed fentences. Addifon never deviates from his track to (hatch a grace ; he feeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. His page is always...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...fubjects not formal, on light occafions not groveliog ; pure without fcrupulofity, and exadl without apparent elaboration ; always equable, and always eafy, without glowing words or pointed fentences. His page is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected fplendour. It feems to have been his principal...
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Parnell. Garth. Rowe ...

1795 - 846 pages
...the fame judicious and claffical critic, " never deviates from his track to fnatch agrace; he fecks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations....is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected fplendor. His fentences have neither ftudied am. - ,-i.ii, nor afieâed brevity ; his periods, though...
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