 His prose is the model of the middle style ; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling ; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration ; always equable, and always easy, without glowing words or pointed sentences....  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 141by Samuel Johnson - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...recommend to the reader his real interest, No. 78 3 the care of pleasing the Author of his being. In prose Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitions ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. His page is always luminous, but never blazes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 pages
...is the model of the middle style ; on gravo subjects not formal, on light occasions not groveling ; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent...It was apparently his principal endeavour to avoid ill harshness and severity of diction ; he is therefore sometimes verbose in his transitions and connections,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 424 pages
...is the model of the Middle Style. On grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling ; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent...innovations. His page is always luminous, but never blazes with unexpected splendour ; — if his language had been1 less idiomatical (this is his " adoption... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 510 pages
...is the model of the middle style ; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent...luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour. It seems to have been his principal endeavour to avoid all harshness and severity of diction ; ,he is... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 512 pages
...is the model of the middle style ; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent...without glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison nfiver deviates from his track to snatch a grace; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...is the model of the middle style ; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not groveling ; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent...easy, without glowing words or pointed sentences. His page is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendor. It seems to have been his principal... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 504 pages
...is the model of the middle style ; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling, pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent...luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour. " Mille habet ornatus, mille decenter habet." It was appareritly his principal endeavour to avoid all... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 516 pages
...is the model of the middle style ; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling ; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent...luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour. It seems to have been his principal endeavour to avoid all harshness and severity of diction ; he is therefore... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...•ubjecU not formal, on light occasions not grovelling ; pure without scrupulosity, and exact withuut apparent elaboration ; always equable, and always easy, without glowing words or pointed sentences. His page is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendor. It seems to have been his principal... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...is the model of the middle style ; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not groveling ; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent...easy, without glowing words or pointed sentences. His page is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendor. It seems to have been his principal... | |
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