 | Abel Boyer - 1714 - 446 halaman
...in his Family.' It is generally believed, fays the Editor, that this Author has advanced our Englifh Tongue to AS great a Perfection as it can well bear^ and yet, bow great a Ma ft er he was of it, has, I think,, never appeared fo much as it will in the following... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1784 - 436 halaman
...tranflations I believe need no apology. It is generally believed that this author has advanced our Englifh tongue to as great a perfection as it can well bear ; and yet how great a mafter he was of it, as I think, never appeared fo much as it will in the following letters, wherein... | |
 | Sir William Temple - 1814 - 556 halaman
...another column, for the use of such readers as may be unacquainted with the originals. Whatever faults there may be in the translation, I doubt, I must answer...well bear : and yet, how great a master he was of it, has, I think, never appeared so much, as it will in the following letters ; wherein the style appears... | |
 | William Temple - 1814 - 542 halaman
...translations, I believe, need no apology. It iifgejierally believed, that this author has advanced ourEnglish tongue to as great a perfection as it can well bear : and yet, how great a master he was of it, has, I think, never appeared so much, as it will in the following letters ; wherein the style appears... | |
 | Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - 1836 - 536 halaman
...Charles Boyle* sufficiently show ; and Swift tells us, writing immediately after Temple's death ; —" It is generally believed that this author has advanced...to as great a perfection as it can well bear:" and he ascribes to his style a peculiar merit;—" how great a master he was of this tongue has, I think,... | |
 | Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - 1836 - 540 halaman
...Charles Boyle * sufficiently show ; and Swift tells us, writing immediately after Temple's death ; — " It is generally believed that this author has advanced...to as great a perfection as it can well bear :" and he ascribes to his style a peculiar merit; — " how great a master he was of this tongue has, I think,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 900 halaman
...answer for the greater part, and must leave the rest to those friends who were pleased to assist me. 1 speak only of the French and Latin ; for the few Spanish...it, as I think, never appeared so much as it will in ihe following letters, wherein the style appears ио very di fièrent, according to the difference... | |
 | 1870 - 574 halaman
...any value.' This defect he proposed to remedy by the publication of the letters of ' an author who has advanced our English tongue to as great a perfection as it can well bear.' Cautious words, written with we know not how much inward reservation ! For a man of the world and of... | |
 | 1870 - 880 halaman
...any value." This defect be proposed to, remedy by the publication of the letters of " an author who has advanced our English tongue to as great a perfection as it can well bear." Cautious words, written with we know not how much inward reservation ! For a man of the world and of... | |
 | 1870 - 590 halaman
...any value.' This defect he proposed to remedy by the publication of the letters of ' an author who has advanced our English tongue to as great a perfection as it can well bear.' Cautious words, written with we know not how much inward reservation I For a' man of the world and... | |
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