 | James Boswell - 1889 - 574 pages
...not disgraced by the taste, the knowledge, and the judgment of Maty. His stylo is pure and eloquent, and in his virtues or even in his defects he may be reckoned as one of the last disciples of the school of Fontenelle." My Life and Writings, Misc. Works,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 456 pages
...England during a period of six years (January 1750 — December 1755); and, far different from his angry son, he handles the rod of criticism with the...reluctance of a parent. The author of the Journal Britanniq11e sometimes aspires to the character of a poet and philosopher. His style is pure and elegant... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1895 - 246 pages
...England during a period of six years (January, 1750, to December, 1755) ; and, far different from his angry son, he handles the rod of criticism with the tenderness and reluctance of a pa»ent. The author of the Journal Brittannique sometimes aspires to the character of a poet and philosopher... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 466 pages
...England during a period of six years (January, 1750 — December, 1755) ; and, far different from his angry son, he handles the rod of criticism with the...style is pure and elegant, and in his virtues or even his defects he may be ranked as one of the last disciples of the school of Fontenelle. His answer to... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 540 pages
...a period of six years (January, 1750 — December, 1755); and, far different from his angry son, ho handles the rod of criticism with the tenderness and...style is pure and elegant, and in his virtues or even his defects he may be ranked as one of the last disciples of the school of Fontenelle. His answer to... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 364 pages
...and, far different from his angry son, he handles the rod of criticism with the tenderness and - 5 reluctance of a parent. The author of the Journal...style is pure and elegant, and in his virtues, or even his defects, he may be ranked as one of the last disciples of the school of Fontenelle. His answer... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 364 pages
...literature in England during a period of six years (January 1750December 1755), and, far different from his angry son, he handles the rod of criticism with the tenderness and 25 reluctance of a parent. The author of the Journal Britannique sometimes aspires to the character... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1900 - 398 pages
...a period of six years (January, 1750 — December, 1755)*; and, far different from his angry son,6 he handles the rod of criticism with the tenderness and reluctance of a parent. '["The author himself is the best judge of his own performance" (Peat, p. 191).] a [In The Gent. Mag. for July, 1756,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1907 - 412 pages
...in England during a period of six years (January, 1750December, 1755) ; and, far different from his angry son, he handles the rod of criticism with the...style is pure and elegant, and in his virtues or even his defects he may be ranked as one of the last disciples of the school of Fontenelle. His answer to... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1796 - 612 pages
...of the Journal Britannique fometimes afpires to the character of a poet and philofopher : his ftyle is pure and elegant ; and in his virtues, or even in his defects, he may be ranked as one of the laft difcipks of the fchool of Fontehelle. His ahfvver to my firft letter was prompt and polite : after... | |
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Brittannique sometimes aspires to the character of a poet and philosopher : his style is pure and elegant ; and in his virtues, or even in his defects, he may be ranked as one of the last disciples of the school of Fontenelle. 
