 Roman emperor's determination, oderint dum metuant ; he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without neatness ; he took the words that presented themselves...  A General Biographical Dictionary - Page 5by John Gorton - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...metuaitt ; he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without...coarse and impure, and his sentences are unmeasured. He had, in the early part of his life, pleased himself with the notice of inferior wits, and corresponded... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...metuant ; he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without...coarse and impure, and his sentences are unmeasured. 7 He had, in the early part of his life, pleased himself with the notice of inferior wits, and corresponded... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 230 pages
...metuant: he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without...coarse and impure, and his sentences are unmeasured. He had, in the early part of his life, pleased himself with the notice of inferior wits, and corresponded... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 316 pages
...compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcihle without neatrress; he took the words that presented themselves: his diction...coarse and impure, and his sentences are unmeasured. He had, in the early part of his life, pleased him«elf with the notice of inferior wits, and corresponded... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pages
...metuant ; he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without...coarse and impure ; and his sentences are unmeasured. He had, in the early part of his life, pleased himself with the notice of inferior wits, and corresponded... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...; he used no allurements, of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without...coarse and impure ; and his sentences are unmeasured. He had, in the early part of his life, pleased himself with the notice of inferior wits, and corresponded... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...metuant ; he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without...coarse and impure; and his sentences are unmeasured. He had, in the early part of his life, pleased himself with the notice of inferior wits, and corresponded... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade.. • Hi* style i» copious without selection, and forcible without neatness;...coarse and impure; and his sentences are unmeasured. He had, in the early part of his life, pleased himself with the notice of inferior wits, and corresponded... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...metuant ; he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without...coarse and impure $ and his sentences are unmeasured. He had, in the early part of his life, pleased himself with the notice of inferior wits, and corresponded... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 220 pages
...meluant : he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without...coarse and impure, and his sentences are unmeasured. He had, in the early part of his life, pleased himself with the notice of inferior wits, and corresponded... | |
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