 | Joseph Addison - Great Britain - 1744 - 336 pages
...fomething fo juft and delicate in his Obfervations, as naturally produced Pleafure and Aflent in thofe who heard him. His Solidity and Elegance, improved by the reading of the fineft Authors both of the Learned and 39 The FREE-HOLDER. 231 Modern Languages, difcovered itfelf... | |
 | Joseph Grove - 1748 - 474 pages
...mounted and rotle towards Efher. As they converfed from CARDINAL produced Pleafure and Aflent in thofe who heard him. His Solidity and Elegance, improved by the Reading of the fineft Authors, both of the learned and modern Languages, difcovered themfelves mall his Productions.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - Great Britain - 1751 - 342 pages
...fomething fo juft and delicate in his Obfervations, as naturally produced Pleafure and Aflent in thofe •who heard him. His Solidity and Elegance, improved by the reading of the finctl Authors both of the Learned and and Modern Languages, difcovered itfelf in all his Productions.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 524 pages
...others. If he delivered his opinion of a piece of poetry, a statue, or a picture, there was something so just and delicate in his observations, as naturally...languages, discovered itself in all his productions. Hie oratory was masculine and persuasive, free from every thing trivial and affected. His style in... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - Lawyers - 1830 - 554 pages
...others. If he delivered his opinion of a piece of poetry, a statue, or a picture, there was something so just and delicate in his observations, as naturally...produced pleasure and assent in those who heard him. f\ " His solidity and eloquence, improved by the reading of the finest authors, both of the learned... | |
 | Charles Richard Weld - London (England) - 1848 - 570 pages
...Addison, " he delivered his opinion upon a piece of poetry, a statue, or a picture, there was something so just and delicate in his observations, as naturally...produced pleasure and assent in those who heard him 12 ." He carried on a correspondence with several distinguished men of letters in foreign countries,... | |
 | Charles Richard Weld - London (England) - 1848 - 582 pages
...Addison, "he delivered his opinion upon a piece of poetry, a statue, or a picture, there was something so just and delicate in his observations, as naturally produced pleasure and assent in those who heard him12." He carried on a correspondence with several distinguished men of letters in foreign countries,... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1849 - 696 pages
...— " If he delivered his opinion of a piece of poetry, a statue, or a picture, there was something so just and delicate in his observations, as naturally produced pleasure and assent in those who heard him."J But he was ever ready to sacrifice these calm delights for the mSlee in the House of Lords,... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1851 - 534 pages
...— "If he delivered his opinion of a piece of poetry, a statue, or a picture, there was something so just and delicate in his observations, as naturally produced pleasure and assent in those who heard him."t But he was ever ready to sacrifice these calm delights for the melee in the House of Lords,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 480 pages
...others. If he delivered his opinion of a piece of poetry, a statue, or a picture, there was something so .just and delicate in his observations, as naturally...His oratory was masculine and persuasive, free from everything trivial and affected. His style in writing was chaste and pure, but at the same time full... | |
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... Somers was Master of these two Qualifications in so eminent a Degree, that all the Parts of Knowledge appeared in him with such an additional Strength and Beauty, as they want in the Possession of others. If he delivered his Opinion of a Piece of... 
