 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 - Page 1711756Full view - About this book
 | 1793 - 328 pages
...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 - 330 pages
...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 - 764 pages
...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... | |
 | English essays - 1819 - 332 pages
...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 - English essays - 1823 - 302 pages
...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 - English essays - 1823 - 650 pages
...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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