ProseSamuel Walker, 1826 - Literature |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 46
Page xix
... Style and Manner . in the different Compofers of the facred Books ; 247 136 the Book of Job the Iliad of Homer 247 ... Style 33 Practice neceffary for forming a Style- 34 Words , too anxious a Care about to be avoided 35 Acquaintance ...
... Style and Manner . in the different Compofers of the facred Books ; 247 136 the Book of Job the Iliad of Homer 247 ... Style 33 Practice neceffary for forming a Style- 34 Words , too anxious a Care about to be avoided 35 Acquaintance ...
Page 210
... STYLE . As every good quality in Style has an extreme , when purfued to which it be . comes faulty , this holds of the Nervous Style as well as others . Too great a study of strength , to the neglect of the other qualities of Style , is ...
... STYLE . As every good quality in Style has an extreme , when purfued to which it be . comes faulty , this holds of the Nervous Style as well as others . Too great a study of strength , to the neglect of the other qualities of Style , is ...
Page 219
... Style with a few directions concerning the proper method of attaining a good Style in general ; leaving the particular cha . racter of that Style to be either formed by the fubject on which we write , or prompted by the bent of genius ...
... Style with a few directions concerning the proper method of attaining a good Style in general ; leaving the particular cha . racter of that Style to be either formed by the fubject on which we write , or prompted by the bent of genius ...
Contents
Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
25 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
affiftance alfo Amen arife bad company baptifm beauty becauſe beft bleffed caufe chriftian Cicero compofition confider converfation courfe defign defire difcovered diftinguished duty expreffion exprefs faid fame fatire fecond feems felves fenfe fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould firft fociety fome fometimes foon foul fpeak fpirit ftate ftill ftrength ftudy ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuffer fuperior fuppofe fure genius Georgic give grace happy hath heart himſelf holy honour human itſelf Jefus Chrift juft laft lefs Lord mafter manner ment mind moft moſt muft nature neceffary nefs neral obferve occafion ourſelves paffions pafs perfons philofophers pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poetry poets prefent preferved profe promife purpoſe racter reafon refpect reft religion rife Roman tafte thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion truth ture univerfal unto uſeful Virgil virtue whofe words worfe writing