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
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