 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 590 pages
...never mean ; and though employed upon various topics of theology, ethics, and criticism, it is not arrayed in any delusive resemblance, either of solemnity,...philologists ; or of refinement, from the technical babble cf frivolous connoisseurs. " At the shadowy and fleeting reputation which is sometimes gained by the... | |
 | John Jortin - 1805 - 438 pages
...employed upon various topics of theology, ethics, and criticism, it is not arrayed in any delu? sive resemblance, either of solemnity, from fanatical cant;...from the technical babble of frivolous connoisseurs. some men are ambitious of seizing by surprise, in the trackless and dark recess, he was content to... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 pages
...cant,... of profound ness, from scholastick jargon, ...of precision, from the crabbed for-1 malities of cloudy philologists,. ¿.or of refinement, from...frivolous connoisseurs. . At the shadowy and fleeting reputution,which is. somelimes gain-- ed by the petty frolicks of literary vanity, or the mischievous... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 796 pages
...cant,. ..of profoundness, from scholastick jargon, ...of precision, from the crabbed for» nudities of cloudy philologists, ...or of refinement, from...babble of frivolous connoisseurs. At the shadowy and Heeling reputalion,which is sometimes gained by the petty frolicks of literary vanity, or the mischievous... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 788 pages
...CfiARACTSR OF DR. JORTiJf. employed upon various topicks of theology, ethicks, and criticism, it b not arrayed in any delusive resemblance, either of solemnity, from fanatical cant,.. .of profoundMess, from scholastick jargbn,...of precision, from the crabbed formalities of cloudy philologists,.... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...various .topics of theology,,.ethics and • criticism, ii not arrayed in any delar sive reseroblasce, either of solemnity, from fanatical cant, of profoundness,...babble of frivolous connoisseurs. >, ; , " At the shadow and fleeting reputation which is sometimes gained by tke petty frolics of; lijerary vanity,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pages
...never mean ; and though employed upon various topics of theology, ethics, and criticism, it is not arrayed in any delusive resemblance, either of solemnity...from the technical babble of frivolous connoisseurs. 1 " At the shadowy and fleeting reputation, which is sometimes gained by the petty frolics of literary... | |
 | 1827 - 356 pages
...criticism, it is not arrayed in any delusive resemblance, either of solemnity, from fanatical cant; or of profoundness, from scholastic jargon : of precision,...shadowy and fleeting reputation which is sometimes 1 Isaac Vonsius, son of Gerard, was Canon of Windsor ' Master of Jesus College, Cambridge. » Bishop... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 pages
...cant, of profoundness from scholastic jargon, or precision from the crabbed formalities of clouded philologists, or of refinement from the technical...reputation which is sometimes gained by the petty frolics of literary vanity, or the mischievous struggles of controversial rage, Jortin never grasped.... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 408 pages
...cant, of profoundness from scholastic jargon, or precision from the crabbed formalities of clouded philologists, or of refinement from the technical...reputation which is sometimes gained by the petty frolics of literary vanity, or the mischievous struggles of controversial rage, Jortin never grasped.... | |
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His style, though inartificial, is sometimes elevated ; though familiar, it is never mean ; and though employed upon various topics of theology, ethics, and criticism, it is not arrayed in any delusive resemblance, either of solemnity, from fanatical... 
