 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
 | James Robert Boyd - 1874 - 420 pages
...single word of more than two syllables. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant to say. Foi magnificence, for pathos, for vehement exhortation,...the poet, the orator, and the divine, this homely dialect—the dialect of plain working-men—was sufficient. There is no book in our literature on... | |
 | Richard Salter Storrs - 1875 - 248 pages
...of theology, which would puzzle the rudest peasant. . . Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant to say. For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement...dialect of plain working men, was perfectly sufficient." — Essay, on Pilgrim's Progress. NOTE III. PAGE 47. From the multitude of illustrations in Shakspeare... | |
 | Richard Salter Storrs - 1875 - 238 pages
...of theology, which would puzzle the rudest peasant. . . Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant to say. For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement...dialect of plain working men, was perfectly sufficient." — Essay', on Pilgrim's Progress. NOTE III. PAGE 47. From the multitude of illustrations in Shakspeare... | |
 | Richard Salter Storrs - 1875 - 244 pages
...of theology, which would puzzle the rudest peasant. . . Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant to say. For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement...dialect of plain working men, was perfectly sufficient." — Essay, on Pilgrim's Progress. NOTE III. PAGE 47. From the multitude of illustrations in Shakspeare... | |
 | William Lawson (F.R.G.S.) - 1875 - 272 pages
...yet simple as the language is, it is fully equal to the demands made upon it. As Macaulay remarks : " for magnificence, for pathos, for vehement exhortation,...homely dialect, the dialect of plain working men, was sufficient." Another source of its popularity is the charm of the story. Though it is an allegory,... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 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 orator,...divine, this homely dialect, the dialect of plain workingmen, was perfectly sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we would so readily... | |
 | Henry Kingsley - 1876 - 304 pages
...terms of theology, which would puzzle the rudest peasant. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant to say. For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement...sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we could so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language ; no book which shows so well... | |
 | Frederick George Hilton PRICE - 1876 - 424 pages
...terms of theology, which would puzzle the rudest peasant. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant to say. For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement...sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we could so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language ; no book which shows so well... | |
 | James Payn - 1876 - 430 pages
...terms of theology, which would puzzle the rudest peasanL Yet no writer ha* said more exactly what he meant to say. For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement...sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we could so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language ; no book which shows so well... | |
 | Sir John Davies - 1876 - 312 pages
...terms of theology, which would puzzle the rudest peasant. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant to say. For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement...sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we could so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language; no book which shows so well... | |
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