...metrical quantities. In my opinion, the chief excellence of our language is numerous prose." JOHNSON. " Sir William Temple was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose.1 Before .his time they were careless of arrangement, and did not mind whether a sentence ended...

...JOHNSON : " Sir William [1778Temple* was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose.t Before this wN Mr. Langten, who now had Joined us, commended Clarendon. JOHNSON : "He is objected to for his parentheses,...

...conversation that " Sir William Temple was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose. Before this time they were careless of arrangement, and did not...insignificant word, or with what part of speech it was conclulecl." Spoken in the hurry of conversation, this dictum asserts several merits. Usually the first...

...occasion, admire the heroism in the heart of your friend, &c. AGAINST EXCESSIVE GRIEF. [Dn. JOHNBON said: "Sir William Temple was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose; before bis time, they were carstors of arrangement, and did not mind whether a sentence ended with an important...

...conversation that " Sir William Temple was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose. Before this time they were careless of arrangement, and did not...important word or an insignificant word, or with what part ot speech it was concluded." Spoken in the hurry of conversation, this dictum asserts several merits....

...horticultural improvement, and in part to literary studies. Dr. Johnson observes of his compositions that Sir William Temple was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose. His works have been published in 2 vols., folio, 1731, and in 4 vols., folio, 1814 His letters were...

...gardening and literature. Temple's English style is lucid and pleasing. Dr. Johnson said of him, that he " was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose....word, or with what part of speech it was concluded." Robert Burton (1577-1640), the author of the Anatomy of Melancholy, was educated at Oxford and Burton...

...the perusal of a book, bnt in conversation with a companion." — Hü«: Hitl. of Eng., ch. Ixxl. " S E-*` ЮlS — -Du. JOHNSON, In Botwtll, rh. Ixiil. If the Doctor had said " one of the first," inetead of "thn...

...metrical quantities. In my opinion, the chief excellence of our language is numerous prose." JOHNSON. " Sir William Temple was the first writer who gave cadence...word, or with what part of speech it was concluded." Mr. Langton, who now had joined us, commended Clarendon. JOHNSON. " He is objected to for his parentheses,...

...metrical quantities. In my opinion, the chief excellence of our language is numerous prose." JOHNSON : " this time they were careless of arrangement, and did not mind whether a sentence ended with an important...