| James Boswell - 1807 - 526 pages
...JOHNSON. " Why, not now. I should not advise a preacher at this day to imitate Tillotson's style ; though I don't know ; I should be cautious of objecting...— Seed has a very fine style ; but he is not very theolog1778. ical. — Jortiiis sermons are very elegant. — Sherlock's jTt^ style too is very elegant,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 pages
...TiUolson?"—J. " Why not now. I should not advise a preacher at this day to imitate Tillotson's style; though I don't know; I should be cautious of objecting to what has been applauded by so many suffrages.—South is one of the best, if you except his peculiarities, and his violence, and sometimes... | |
| James Boswell - 1816 - 500 pages
...Tillotson?" JOHNSON. "Why, not now. I should not advise a preacher at this day to imitate Tillotson's style ; though I don't know ; I should be cautious of objecting...a very fine style; but he is not very theological. — Jortiris sermons are very elegant. — Sherlock's style too is very elegant, though he has not... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pages
...; I should be cautious of objecting to wl.ut has been applauded by so many suffrages. — South in one of the best, if you except his peculiarities,...very fine style : but he is not very theological. Jortin'x sermons are very elegant. — Sherlock's style too is very elegant, though he has not made... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 550 pages
...1 should be cautious of objecting to wlint has been applauded by so many suffrages. — South ¡в one of the best, if you except his peculiarities, and his violence, and sometimes coarsenei'S of language. — Seed has a very fine style : but he in not very théologien!. Jartin'x... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 418 pages
...?" JOHNSON. " Why, not now. I should not advise a preacher at this day to imitate Tillotson's style; though I don't know; I should be cautious of objecting...his peculiarities, and his violence, and sometimes coarse^ ness of language. — Seed has a very fine style ; but he is not very theological. — Jortin's... | |
| James Boswell - 1823 - 492 pages
..."Tillotson?" JOHNSON. "Why, not now. I should not advise a preacher at this day to imitate Tillotson's style; though I don't know ; I should be cautious of objecting...a very fine style; but he is not very theological. — Jortins sermons are very elegant. — Sherlock's style too is very elegant, though he has not made... | |
| James Boswell - 1827 - 622 pages
...at this dav to imitate Tillotson'sstyle; though I don't know ; I should be cautious of object ing tn o then kept a bookseller's shop in Kussell-street,...came frequently to his house, where he more than once i but he is not very theological. - Jartin'i sermons are very elegant — Sherlock's style too is very... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 584 pages
..."Tillotson?" JOHNSON. " Why, not now. I should not advise a preacher at this day to imitate Tillotson's style; though I don't know; I should be cautious of objecting to what has been applauded by so many suffrages.—South is one of the best, if you except his peculiarities, and his violence, and sometimes... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 604 pages
...vol. vii. p. 91.] (1) [" I should not advise a preacher at this day to imitate Tillotson's style ; though I don't know ; I should be cautious of objecting...to what has been applauded by so many suffrages." — JOHNSON, Life, vol. vii. p. 78.] himself in party, but there is in it nothing extraordinary. Even... | |
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