LETTERS written from the heart and on real occasions, though not always decorated with the flowers of eloquence, must be far more useful and interesting than the studied paragraphs of Pliny, or the pompous declamations of Balsac ; as they contain just... London Magazine Enlarged and Improved - Strana 1711756Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| 1793 - Počet stránok 328
...though not always decorated with the flowers of eloquence, muft be far more ufeful and interefting than the ftudied paragraphs of Pliny, or the pompous...manners, and are the genuine .emanations of nature. Of this kind I fhall felect a few from the heap I have received from my correfpondents, each of which... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - Počet stránok 330
...interesting than the studied paragraphs of Pliny, or the pompous declamations of Balsac; as they contain just pictures of life and manners, and are the genuine emanations of nature. Of this kind I shall select a few from the heap I have received from my correspondents, each of which... | |
| 1804 - Počet stránok 764
...though not nlways decorated with the flowers of eloquence, rauft be far more ufeful and interefting than the ftudied paragraphs of Pliny, or the pompous declamations of Balfac ; as they contain jtift pietures of life and manners, and are the genuine -emanations of nature." It is very certain... | |
| 1819 - Počet stránok 332
...than the studied paragraphs of Pliny, or the pompous declamations of Balsac ; as they contain just pictures of life and manners, and are the genuine emanations of nature. Of this kind I shall select a few from the heap I have received from my correspondents, each of which... | |
| John Hawkesworth - 1823 - Počet stránok 302
...than the studied paragraphs of Pliny, or the pompous declamations of Balsac ; as they contain just pictures of life and manners, and are the genuine emanations of nature. Of this kind I shall select a few from the heap I have received from my correspondents, each of which... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - Počet stránok 650
...interesting than the studied paragraphs of Pliny, or the pompous declamations of Balsac; as they contain just pictures of life and manners, and are the genuine emanations of nature. Of this kind I shall select a few from the heap I have received from my correspondents, each of which... | |
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