 Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant to say. For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement exhortation, for subtle disquisition, for every purpose of the poet, the orator, and the divine, this homely dialect, the dialect of plain working-men,...  The baptist Magazine - Page 1111832Full view - About this book
 | 1864 - 872 pages
...do not contain a single word of more than two syllables. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant to say. For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement...divine, this homely dialect, the dialect of plain working-men, was perfectly sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we would so readily... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1864 - 368 pages
...poet, the orator, and the divine,—this homely dialect,—the dialect of plain working-men,—was perfectly sufficient. There is no book in our literature...readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language,—no bookwhich shows so well how rich that language is in its own proper wealth, and how... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1864 - 370 pages
...more exactly what he meant to say. For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement exhortation, for subtile disquisition, — for every purpose of the poet, the...— this homely dialect, — the dialect of plain working-men, — was perfectly sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we would so... | |
 | 1901 - 834 pages
...pathos, for vehement exhortation, for subtile disquisition, for every purpose of the poet, the orator, the divine, this homely dialect, the dialect of plain, working men, was perfectly sufficient." A striking feature of the whole book, as it lies upon the surface, is that it is the intense pleading... | |
 | Walter Simson - 1865 - 606 pages
...man. Impugn it whoso list. Of the Pilgrim's Progress, Lord Macaulay, in his happy manner, writes : " For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement exhortation,...the fame of the old, unpolluted, English language," as the Pilgrim's Progress ; " no book which shows, so well, how rich that language is in its own proper... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1865 - 634 pages
...single word J Entrofourtton. IX of more than two syllables. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant to say. For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement...poet, the orator, and the divine, this homely dialect was perfectly sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we would so readily stake the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...single word of more than two syllables. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant to say. tor magnificence, for pathos, for vehement exhortation, for subtle disquisition, for every purpose of U>e poet, the orator, and the divine, tills homely dialect, the dialect of plain working-men, was perfectly... | |
 | Walter Simson, James Simson - 1866 - 606 pages
...uninspired man. Impugn it whoso list. Of the Pilgrim's Progress, Lord Macaulay, in his happy manner, writes: "For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement exhortation,...this homely dialect— the dialect of plain working men—was perfectly sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we would so readily stake... | |
 | 1867 - 972 pages
...Personifications, when he dealt with them, became men." " The vocabulary is the vocabulary of the common people." " For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement exhortation,...dialect of plain working men, was perfectly sufficient," — Lord Macaulay. " Ingenious dreamer, in whose well-told tale Sweet fiction and sweet truth alike... | |
 | Book - 1868 - 168 pages
...do not contain a single word of more than two syllables. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant to say. For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement...on which we would so readily stake the fame of the unpolluted English language, no book which shows so well how rich that language is in its own proper... | |
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