Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science: With Lists of the Most Approved Authors, Including the Best Editions of the Classics ; Designed Chiefly for the Junior Students in the Universities and the Higher Classes in Schools ; in Two Volumes. 1Messrs. Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard; Hatchard, Piccadilly; and Egerton, Withehall; J. Parker and J. Cooke, Oxford; and Deighton, Cambridge, 1806 - 564 oldal |
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... style of fuch rich and appropriate eloquence by Arch- bishop Sherlock , that I cannot deny myfelf the pleafure of prefent- ing it to my readers . " Make the appeal to natural religion , or , which is the fame thing , to the reason of ...
... style of fuch rich and appropriate eloquence by Arch- bishop Sherlock , that I cannot deny myfelf the pleafure of prefent- ing it to my readers . " Make the appeal to natural religion , or , which is the fame thing , to the reason of ...
121. oldal
... of their poffeffing fufficient judg- ment to adapt their style to their thoughts ; and others have exposed themselves to ridicule by the ludicrous ludicrous affociation of pompous words with feeble ideas . If THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 121.
... of their poffeffing fufficient judg- ment to adapt their style to their thoughts ; and others have exposed themselves to ridicule by the ludicrous ludicrous affociation of pompous words with feeble ideas . If THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 121.
122. oldal
... style . Skilled in all the arts of compofition , and ftudious to pleafe and to amuse us at the expence of correctnefs of taste , he has blended the diction of a poet with that of an hiftorian . His work is not fo much a narrative of ...
... style . Skilled in all the arts of compofition , and ftudious to pleafe and to amuse us at the expence of correctnefs of taste , he has blended the diction of a poet with that of an hiftorian . His work is not fo much a narrative of ...
124. oldal
... style be preserved ? With- out attention to fome rules , without fome bounds are set to capricious innovation , the language will de- generate , and the fterling ore of the English tongue . will finally lofe its value , and its luftre ...
... style be preserved ? With- out attention to fome rules , without fome bounds are set to capricious innovation , the language will de- generate , and the fterling ore of the English tongue . will finally lofe its value , and its luftre ...
127. oldal
... style ; and it was his peculiar glory , to apply with con- fummate taste and skill the flowing periods of blank verse , to the majefty of an epic poem . The in- creafing tribute of praife , in every age except his own , has been paid to ...
... style ; and it was his peculiar glory , to apply with con- fummate taste and skill the flowing periods of blank verse , to the majefty of an epic poem . The in- creafing tribute of praife , in every age except his own , has been paid to ...
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Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal ... Henry Kett Nincs elérhető előnézet - 1806 |
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