Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1A. Constable and Company, 1903 |
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Stran 175
... style of this work has been censured by some shallow critics as involved and turgid , and abounding with antiquated and hard words . So ill - founded is the first part of this objection , that I will challenge all who may honour this ...
... style of this work has been censured by some shallow critics as involved and turgid , and abounding with antiquated and hard words . So ill - founded is the first part of this objection , that I will challenge all who may honour this ...
Stran 176
... styles differ as plain cloth and brocade . Temple , indeed , seems equally erroneous in supposing that he himself had formed his style upon Sandys's View of the State of Religion in the Western parts of the World . The style of Johnson ...
... styles differ as plain cloth and brocade . Temple , indeed , seems equally erroneous in supposing that he himself had formed his style upon Sandys's View of the State of Religion in the Western parts of the World . The style of Johnson ...
Stran 180
... style of Addison and Johnson , and to depreciate , I think , very unjustly , the style of Addison as nerveless and feeble , because it has not the strength and energy of that of Johnson . Their prose may be balanced like the poetry of ...
... style of Addison and Johnson , and to depreciate , I think , very unjustly , the style of Addison as nerveless and feeble , because it has not the strength and energy of that of Johnson . Their prose may be balanced like the poetry of ...
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