 | 1809 - 402 pages
...luxuriant, the unronth refine, Unt shew no mercy to an empty line : Then polish all with so much life ami ease, You think 'tis nature, and a knack to please...• " But ease in writing flows from art, not chance ; [dance." " As those move easiest who have U-arn'd lo If such the plague and pains to write by rule,... | |
 | George Gregory - 1809 - 384 pages
...vulgar idiom. Most writers who affect case and familiarity in writing, are apt to slide into it : " But ease in writing flows from art, not chance, " As those move easiest who have Icarn'd to dance.'' 4th. That ambiguity, as well as inaccuracy, is not uncommonly the effect of introducing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...each foreign tongue £ Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth n line, But show no mercy to an empty line : Then polish all, with so much life and ease, You think...Nature, and a knack to please : " But ease in writing Hows from art, not chance; As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance," * If such the plague and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...each foreign tongue; Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth retine, But show no mercy to an empty line : Then polish all, with so much life and ease. You think 'tis Nature, and a knack to please : " But case in writing flonsfrom art, not chance; As those move easiest who have learn'd to dant-e." "" If... | |
 | John Walker - 1810 - 276 pages
...COMPOSITION", BY JOHN WALKER, AUTHOR OF THE CRITICAL PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY, &CS True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. ...Pore. BOSTON : MINTED AND SOLD BY J T. BUCKINGHAM, / ' WINTER-STREET. } 1810. THE KEW VOKK PFEUC... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...vigour of a line, 360 where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'T is not enough no harshness gives offence, the sound must seem an echo to the sense: soft is the... | |
 | John Walker - 1810 - 394 pages
...deportment. What Pope says of writing is perfectly applicable to action in oratory. True ease in action comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. To descend, however to a few of those particulars, to which it seems the most necessary to attend ;... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...vigour of a line, 3GO where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetnessjoin. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. T is not enough no harshness gives offence, the sound must seem an echo to the sense: soft is the strain... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pages
...vigour of of a line Wliere Uenliam's strength, and Waller's tweetness join. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. Tisnot enough no harshness gives offence, The sound musit seem an pcho to the sense?, ft is the strain... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 230 pages
...vigour of a line 360 Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness joinTrue ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense. 365 Soft is... | |
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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 
