 Spectator bearing his own signature (No. 6), he observes, " The finest writers among the modern Italians [in contradistinction to the ancient Romans] express themselves in such a florid form of words, and such tedious circumlocutions, as are used by none...  Biographical and Critical Miscellanies - Página 602por William Hickling Prescott - 1852 - 638 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1803 - 434 páginas
...so ambitiously conform ourselves. The truth of it is, the finest writers among the modern Italians express themselves in such a florid form of words,...as are used by none but pedants in our own country; and at the same time fill their writings with such poor imaginations and conceits, as our youths are... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 416 páginas
...80 ambitiously conform ourselves. The truth of it is, the finest writers among the modern Italians express themselves in such a florid form of words,...as are used by none but pedants in our own country; and at the same time liii. their writings with such poor imaginations and conceits, as our youthi are... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 410 páginas
...so ambitiously conform ourselves. The truth of it is, the finest writers among the modern Italians express themselves in such a florid form of words,...as are used by none but pedants in our own country; and at the same time fill their writings with such poor imaginations and conceits, as our youths are... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 412 páginas
...so ambitiously conform ourselves. The truth of it is, the finest writers among the modern Italians express themselves in such a florid form of words, and such tedious circumlocutions, as arc used by none but pedants in our own country ; and at the s:nne time till their writings with such... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 370 páginas
...so ambitiously conform ourselves. The truth of it is, the finest writers among the modern Italians express themselves in such a florid form of words,...as are used by none but pedants in our own country ; and at the same time fill their writings with such poor imaginations and conceits, as our youths... | |
 | 1825 - 516 páginas
...conceived and published the most contemptuous opinion of the Italians. In a very early paper of the Spectator bearing his own signature (No. 6,) he observes,...as are used by none but pedants in our own country ; and at the same time fill their writings with such poor imaginations and conceits, as our youths... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 450 páginas
...so ambitiously conform ourselves. The truth of it is, the finest writers among the modern Italians express themselves in such a florid form of words,...as are used by none but pedants in our own country; and at the same time fill their writings with such poor imaginations and conceits as our youths are... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 632 páginas
...so ambitiously conform ourselves. The truth of it is, the finest writers among the modern Italians express themselves in such a florid form of words,...as are used by none but pedants in our own country ; and at the same time fill their writings with such poor imaginations and conceits, as our youths... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 884 páginas
...so ambitiously conform ourselves. The truth of it is, the finest writers among the modern Italians express themselves in such a florid form of words,...as are used by none but pedants in our own country ; and at the same time fill their writings with such poor imaginations and conceits, as our youths... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1845 - 662 páginas
...conceived and published the most contemptuous opinion of the Italians. In a very early paper of the Spectator bearing his own signature (No. 6), he observes, "The finest writers among the modem Italians [in contradistinction to the ancient Romans] express themselves in such a florid form... | |
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