 | Samuel Johnson - 1772 - 388 pages
...attention. Criticifm, either didactick or defen' five, occupies al^aoft all his profe, excent ccpt thofe pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none...tedious.. They have not the formality of a fettled flyle, in which the firft half of the fentence betrays the other. . The claufes are never Balanced,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 376 pages
...attention. Criticifm, either didactick or defenfive, occupies almoft all his profe, except ccpt thofe pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none of his prefaceswere ever thought tedious. They have not the formality of a fettled ftyle, irr which the firft... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - 590 pages
...learned Reviewer. ' Criticifm, either didactic or defenftvc, occupies almoft all hit profe, except tbofe pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none...not the formality of a fettled ftyle, in which the lint half of the fentence betrays the other. The claufes are never balanced, nor the periods modelled... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1780 - 726 pages
...penetration. " Criticifm, either didactic or defenfive, occupies almolt all his profe, except thofe pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces were ever thuught tedious. They hav-е not the formality of a fettled ftyle, in which the firft half of the fentence... | |
 | 1780 - 596 pages
...concerning it: • Ciiticifm, either didactic or defenfive, occupies almoft all hi* profe, except thofe pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none of his pre'aces were ever thought tedious. They have not the formality of a fettle.! liylr, in which the full... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 pages
...clofe attention. Criticifm, either dida&ick or defenfive, occupies almoft all his profc, except thofe pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none...of a fettled ftyle, in which the firft half of the fcntence betrays the other. The claufes are never balanced, nor the periods modelled ; every word fcems... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 344 pages
...clofe attention. Criticifm, either didaftick or defenfive, occupies almoft all his profe, except thofe pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none...betrays the other. The claufes are never balanced, Q 4 nor nor the periods modelled: every word feem's to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...clofe attention. Criticifm, either dida<2ick or defenfive, 1occupies almoft all his profe, except thofe pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none...firft half of the fentence betrays the other. The caufes are never balanced, nor the periods modelled: every word feems to drop by chance, though it... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1793 - 518 pages
...prefaces have not the formality of a fetlled ftyle, in which the firft half of rite fentencc be; rays the other. The claufes are never balanced, nor the periods modelled ; every word leems to drop by chance, thonnh ic falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid ! the whole... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 842 pages
...Criticifm either didaflic or defenfire, occupies almoft all hi« profe, except thofe pages -which he hat devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces were ever thought tedious. They have not, as Dr. Johnfon obfervcs, the formality of a fettled flyle, in which the firft half of the fentence... | |
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Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none of his prefaces were ever thought tedious. They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half... 
