 | Lilian Beeson Brownfield - 1904 - 160 oldal
...the subject be elevated or the person addressed b« reverend, the style must conform to the occasion by "studied ornaments, accuracy of method, and elegance of style." If the letter is only to entertain, it must owe its attractions to artificial embellishments, and may catch... | |
 | Ignatius Sancho - 1998 - 388 oldal
...But it is natural to depart from familiarity of language upon occasions not familiar. . . . Wherever we are studious to please, we are afraid of trusting...studied ornaments, accuracy of method, and elegance of stile. Like most commentators, Johnson believed that what he calls "epistolary integrity" in his "Pope"... | |
 | Eve Tavor Bannet, Professor Eve Tavor Bannet - 2005 - 9 oldal
...is Natural to depart from Familiarity of Language upon Occasions not familiar." Moreover, "wherever we are studious to please, we are afraid of trusting...our first Thoughts, and endeavour to recommend our Opinions by studied Ornaments, Accuracy of Method, and Elegance of Style."9 This last point was particularly... | |
 | Carol Poster, Linda C. Mitchell - 2007 - 372 oldal
...Images, and some figurative Distortions of Phrase. Wherever we are studious to please, we are afraid to trusting our first Thoughts, and endeavour to recommend...Ornaments, Accuracy of Method, and Elegance of Style" (A2r). If letters are for enjoyment, then other elements are taken into consideration. He advises,... | |
 | Helga Schwalm - 2007 - 422 oldal
...1969), p. 43. " Johnson, "The Rambler 152," The Rambler (Yale Edition, Vol. 5), p. 45. 24 "Wherever we are studious to please, we are afraid of trusting...our first thoughts, and endeavour to recommend our opimon by studied Ornaments, accuracy of method, and elegance of Stile;" "The Rambler 152," The Rambler... | |
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Wherever we are studious to please, we are afraid of trusting our first thoughts, and endeavour to recommend our opinion by studied ornaments, accuracy of method, and elegance of style. 
