Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 4A. Constable and Company, 1896 |
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Stran 174
... style as too pompous ; and attempted to imitate it , by giving a sentence of Addison in the Spectator , No. 411 , in ... style , and , on the con- trary , praising it highly . But before that time Johnson's Lives of the Poets had ...
... style as too pompous ; and attempted to imitate it , by giving a sentence of Addison in the Spectator , No. 411 , in ... style , and , on the con- trary , praising it highly . But before that time Johnson's Lives of the Poets had ...
Stran 259
... style is so faulty : every substance ( smiling to Mr. Harris ) , has so many acci- dents . To be distinct , we must talk analytically . we analyse language , we must speak of it grammati- If 1 [ The author , in vol . i . p . 176 , says ...
... style is so faulty : every substance ( smiling to Mr. Harris ) , has so many acci- dents . To be distinct , we must talk analytically . we analyse language , we must speak of it grammati- If 1 [ The author , in vol . i . p . 176 , says ...
Stran 282
... style , and in that particular could not be at all dis- tinguished . JOHNSON : Why , sir , I think every man whatever has a peculiar style , which may be discovered by nice examination and comparison with others : but a man must write a ...
... style , and in that particular could not be at all dis- tinguished . JOHNSON : Why , sir , I think every man whatever has a peculiar style , which may be discovered by nice examination and comparison with others : but a man must write a ...
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