 The perfect composition, the nervous language, the well-turned periods of Dr. Robertson, inflamed me to the ambitious hope that I might one day tread in his footsteps: the calm philosophy, the careless inimitable beauties of his friend and rival, often...  History of the Revolution in England in 1688 - Page 30by Sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 403 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Maria Edgeworth - Child rearing - 1801 - 366 pages
...calm phi" losophy, the careless inimitable beauties of his friend " and rival Hume, often forced him to close the volume " with a mixed sensation of delight and despair." From this testimony we may judge, that a simple style appears to the best judges to be more difficult... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 512 pages
...different feelings in the repeated perusals. The perfect composition, the nervous language, the well-tuned periods of Dr. Robertson, inflamed me to the ambitious...volume with a mixed sensation of delight and despair. The design of my first work the Essay on the Study of Literature, was suggested by a refinement of... | |
 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 588 pages
...perusals. The perfect composition, the nervous language, the well-tuned periods of Dr. Robertson, enflamed me to the ambitious hope that I might one day tread...volume with a mixed sensation of delight and despair." DR. JOHNSON, a high and commanding authority, objects to the Gallicisms, which, he avers, sometimes... | |
 | 1809 - 592 pages
...perusals. The perfect composition, the nervous language, the well-tuned periods of Dr. Robertson, enflamed me to the ambitious hope that I might one day tread...volume with a mixed sensation of delight and despair." DR. JOHNSON, a high and commanding authority, objects to the Gallicisms, which, he avers, sometimes... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Education - 1811 - 522 pages
...writing ; but " the calm philosophy, the care" less, inimitable beauties of my friend and rival " Hume, often forced me to close the volume " with a mixed sensation of delight and despair." From this testimony we may judge, that a simple style appears to the best judges to be more difficult... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1814 - 726 pages
...was not unworthy to read them : nor will I disguise my different feelings in the repeated perusals. The perfect composition, the nervous language, the...volume with a mixed sensation of delight and despair. The design of my first work, the Essay on the Study of Literature, was suggested by a refinement of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 498 pages
...Robertson, inflamed me to the ambitious hope that I might one day tread in his footsteps: the culm philosophy, the careless inimitable beauties of his...volume with a mixed sensation of delight and despair. The design of my first work, the Essay on the Study of Literature, was suggested by a refinement of... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Education - 1822 - 510 pages
...writing; but " the calm philosophy, the "careless, inimitable beauties of my friend " and rival Hume, often forced me to close " the volume with a mixed sensation of de" light and despair. 5 ' From this testimony we may judge, that a simple style appears to the best... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pages
...was not unworthy to read them : nor will I disguise my different feelings in the repeated perusals. The perfect composition, the nervous language, the...volume with a mixed sensation of delight and despair. The design of my first work, the Essay on the Study of Literature, was suggested by a refinement of... | |
 | Autobiographies - 1830 - 336 pages
...was not unworthy to read them : nor will I disguise my different feelings in the repeated perusals. The perfect composition, the nervous language, the...volume with a mixed sensation of delight and despair. The design of my first work, the Essay on the Study of Literature, was suggested by a refinement of... | |
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