 | John Murray (Firm) - 1864 - 442 ページ
...favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman Emperor's determination, 'oderint dummetuant;' he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade." All that modern readers can desire to know of Bishop Warburton, will be found in his Life by the Rev.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1866 - 654 ページ
...high compliments paid him by Pope M he approached him.— Jos. WirrOH : Popft Worlct, ix. Ml. ness ; he took the words that presented themselves ; his diction is coarse and impure, aud his sentences are unmeasured. He had in the early part of his life pleased himself with the notice... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1871 - 832 ページ
...favoured the cau.se. He seems to have adopted the Roman emperor's determination, ode.rint (Juni mttuant; he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished...coarse and impure, and his sentences are unmeasured." — Dn. JOHNSON: Lires of the Eng. Poet*: Pope: Cunningham's ed., 1854, iü. 68. See, also, Index,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1871 - 836 ページ
...favoured the cause. He fireine to have adopted the Koman emperor's determination, o<ifrittt tfitm mrtuant; he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. " His style JH copious without selection, and forcible without neatness; he took the words that presented themselves;... | |
 | 1879 - 592 ページ
...who favored the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman Emperor's description, odcrint dum muluant, he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. These two passages combined form a perfect description of Johnson. To refute Macaulay, Dr. Hill quotes... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 836 ページ
...hnve adopt4>tl the Roman ctn]>eror's determination, ntltriut <!nm met a* ant; he used DO alhirentpnhi of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than...His style is copious without selection, and forcible •vithnnt neatness; he took the wi»rds that presented tln-msi-l vt"« ; bis diction in course and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 ページ
...reasoner, and the wit. But his knowledge was too multifarious to be always exact, and his pursuits were too eager to be always cautious. His abilities gave...coarse and impure, and his sentences are unmeasured. He had, in the early part of his life, pleased himself with the notice of inferior wits, and corresponded... | |
 | sir John Bowring - 1879 - 626 ページ
...favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman Emperor's description, oderint dum mutuant, he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade."* These two passages combined form a perfect description of Johnson. To refute Macaulay, Dr. Hill quotes... | |
 | Charles Churchill - 1880 - 740 ページ
...Roman Emperor's determination, " oderint dum metuant;" he used no allurements of gentle language, bit wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is...coarse and impure, and his sentences are unmeasured. He had in the early part of his life pleased himself with the notice of inferior wits, and corresponded... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 466 ページ
...some questions, and before we parted was so well pleased with me that he patted me.' 2 ' Warburton's style is copious without selection, and forcible without...coarse and impure ; and his sentences are unmeasured.' J ohnson's Works, viii. 288. carrying you forward to the point; but then you have no wish to be carried... | |
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... impatience of opposition disposed him to treat his adversaries with such contemptuous superiority as made his readers commonly his enemies, and excited against the advocate the wishes of some who favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman... 
