 Nothing can be more contemptible than that tinsel splendour of language, which some writers perpetually affect. It were well, if this could be ascribed to the real overflowing of a rich imagination. We should then have something to amuse us, at feast,...  The Literary Remains of Joseph Brown Ladd, M. D. - Page 179de Joseph Brown Ladd, W. B. Chittenden - 1832 - 228 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...contemptible than that tinsel splendour of language, which some writers perpetually affect. It were well if this could be ascribed to the real overflowing of a rich imagination. We should then have wmething to amuse us, at least, if we found little to instruct us. But the worst is, that with those... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1817 - 516 pages
...contemptible than that tinsel splendour of language, which some writers perpetually affect Jt were well, if this could be ascribed to the real overflowing of a riclr imagination. We should then have something to amuse us, at least, if we found little to instruct... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1820 - 388 pages
...splendour of language, which some writers perpetually affect. It were well, if this could he ascrihed to the real overflowing of a rich imagination. We should then have something to amuse us, at least, tf We found little to instruct us. But the worst is, that with those frothy writers, it is a luxuriancy... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1824 - 510 pages
...contemptible than that tinsel splendour of language, which some writers perpetually affect. It were well, if this could be ascribed to the real overflowing...us, at least, if we found little to instruct us. But theworst is, that with those frothy writers, it is a luxuriancy of words, not of fancy. We see a laboured... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1826 - 320 pages
...perpetually affect. It were well, If this could he ascrihed to the real overflowing of a rich imaginatiou. We should then have something to amuse us, at least,...writers, it is a luxuriancy of words, not of fancy. ,I. We see a lahoured attempt in these writers, to rise to a splendour of composition, of which they... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1833 - 654 pages
...contemptible than that tinsel splendour of language, which some writers perpetually affect. It were well, if this could be ascribed to the real overflowing...imagination. We should then have something to amuse us, at feast, if we found little to instruct us. But the worst is, that with those frothy writers, it is a... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1838 - 338 pages
...contemptible than that tinsel splendour of language, which some writers perpetually affect. It were well, U! this could be ascribed to the real overflowing of...worst is, that with those frothy writers, it is a Inxuriancy of words, not of fancy. 2. We see a laboured attempt, in these writers, to rise to a splendour... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1839 - 316 pages
...contemptible than that tinsel splendour of language, which some writers perpetually affect. It were well, if this could be ascribed to the real overflowing...have something to amuse us, at least, if we found littl« to instruct us. But the worst is, that with those frothy writers, it is a luxuriancy of words,... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1840 - 314 pages
...contemptible than that tinsel splendour of language, which some writers perpetually affect. It were well, if this could be ascribed to the real overflowing...writers, it is a luxuriancy of words, not of fancy. ",-, 2. We see a laboured attempt, in these writers, to rise to a splendour of composition, of which... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1856 - 652 pages
...contemptible than that tinsel splendour of language, which some writers perpetually affect. It were well, if this could be ascribed to the real overflowing...to instruct us. But the worst is, that with those froth) writers, it is a luxuriancy of words, not of fancy. We see a laboured attempt to rise to a splendour... | |
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