Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 26
Page 1
... improvements of the language , or to ascertain the peculiar merits , in this respect , VOL . II . B of those classics which more immediately fall within our province VOL PART On the Progress and Merits of Page English Style, and on the ...
... improvements of the language , or to ascertain the peculiar merits , in this respect , VOL . II . B of those classics which more immediately fall within our province VOL PART On the Progress and Merits of Page English Style, and on the ...
Page 3
... improvements which they effected in the diction of their fathers , they are still , in their prose composions , abundantly quaint , uncouth , and tedious , They pared away , it is true , a considerable portion of the heavy matter which ...
... improvements which they effected in the diction of their fathers , they are still , in their prose composions , abundantly quaint , uncouth , and tedious , They pared away , it is true , a considerable portion of the heavy matter which ...
Page 44
... improvement is obvious and great ; and to Cowley we may justly ascribe the formation of a basis on which has since been constructed the present correct and admirable fabric of our language . His words are pure and well chosen , the ...
... improvement is obvious and great ; and to Cowley we may justly ascribe the formation of a basis on which has since been constructed the present correct and admirable fabric of our language . His words are pure and well chosen , the ...
Page 78
... improvements in English style . The cumbrous and inverted dic- tion of the age of Elizabeth , which still lin- gered through the reigns of James and Charles the First , was now completely laid aside ; and a * Vol . i . p . 55 , 56. Book ...
... improvements in English style . The cumbrous and inverted dic- tion of the age of Elizabeth , which still lin- gered through the reigns of James and Charles the First , was now completely laid aside ; and a * Vol . i . p . 55 , 56. Book ...
Page 83
... improvement of digressions : the late refinements in knowledge , running parallel to those of diet in our nation , which , among men of a judicious taste , are dressed up in various compounds , consisting in soups and olios , fricassees ...
... improvement of digressions : the late refinements in knowledge , running parallel to those of diet in our nation , which , among men of a judicious taste , are dressed up in various compounds , consisting in soups and olios , fricassees ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Addison admirable Anatomy of Melancholy ancient apologues appear Arabian beauty caliphs Canterbury Tales century character charms Chaucer colours composition consider criticism crusade delight diction Ditto Dryden East edition effect elegant endeavour English English Poetry Essays excellent exhibited exquisite fable fairy fancy genius Geoffery Gesta Romanorum grace hath heaven humour imagery imagination justly king language learned literary literature Lord manner ment merit Milton mind moral nature never night observes opinion oriental passage period Persian perspicuity philosophy Pilpay pleasing pleasure poem poet poetry present productions prose racter reader remarks rich Roger de Coverley romance says second Crusade sense Shakspeare shew Simeon Seth simplicity Sir Roger species specimen Spectator spirit stars story style sublime supposed sweetness taste Tatler things third crusade thou tion verse whilst William of Malmesbury wonderful words writers written