 | William Wirt - Virginia - 1805 - 144 pages
...Ciceronean manner ; and hence the " still prevalent error of hunting more afterwords "" than matter ; and more after the choiceness of " the phrase and the round and clean compositi*' on of the sentence, and the sweet fallings of " the clauses, and the- varying and ittustration... | |
 | Literature - 1806 - 422 pages
...profit by the following pertinent rebuke of Lord Bacon. They " hunt more after words, than matter, and more after " the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean com" position of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the claus" es, and the varying and illustration... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pages
...flourish. This grew speedily into an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter; and more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round...and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and figures, than... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 970 pages
...flourish. This grew speedily into an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter ; and more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, andthe sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 528 pages
...into an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter; and more after the chtiiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and figures, than... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Education - 1809 - 516 pages
...speech flourished, and grew " speedily to excess; men began to hunt more after words " than matter; and more after the choiceness of the phrase, " and the...clean composition of the sentence, and " the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illus" tration of their works with tropes and figures,... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Education - 1812 - 572 pages
...so well describes, when " men hunt more after " words than matter, and more after the choice" ness of the phrase, and the round and clean " composition of the sentence, and the sweet " falling of the clauses, and the varying and illus" tration of the whole with tropes and figures,... | |
 | William Wirt - Virginia - 1813 - 204 pages
...Ciceronean manner; and hence the " still prevalent error of hunting more after " words than matter; and more after the choice"ness of the phrase and the round...sweet fall"ings of the clauses, and the varying and illui"tration of their works with tropes and figures, " than after the weight of matter, worth of sub"jeet,... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1813 - 524 pages
...flourish. This grew speedily into an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter ; and more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round...and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and figures, than... | |
 | William Wirt - Virginia - 1829 - 250 pages
...Ciceronean manner; and hence the still " prevalent errour of hunting more after "words than matter; and more after the " choiceness of the phrase and the...sentence, and the "sweet fallings of the clauses, and the vary" ing and illustration of their works with "tropes and figures, than after the weight of " matter,... | |
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This grew speedily to an excess; for men began to hunt more after words than matter; and more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration... 
