...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,...it has been improved by all that it has borrowed." l Next to Bunyan, should be ranked the good and honest angler, — Izaak Walton ; a man in whom the...

...the orator, and the divine, this homely dialect, this dialect of plain working-men was surficient. There is no book in our literature on which we would...it has been improved by all that it has borrowed. In the first edition of " Practical Grammar," the author fell into this vagueness. If remarks had to...

...dialect of plain working men, was perfectly sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which wo would so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted...it has been improved by all that it has borrowed." To the names that have been mentioned may be added those of Izaak Walton, the mild-tempered angler...

...poet, the orator, and the divine, — this homely dialect, — the dialect of plain working-men, — was perfectly sufficient. There is no book in our...it has been improved by all that it has borrowed." Such is the estimate of Macaulay, as opposed to that of Hume. Nor can we doubt that it is now generally...

...on which we would so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language,—no bookwhich shows so well how rich that language is in its own...it has been improved by all that it has borrowed." Such is the estimate of Macaulay, as opposed to that of Hume. Nor can we doubt that it is now generally...

...so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language, no book which shows so well hovr rich that language is in its own proper wealth, and...it has been improved by all that it has borrowed." Of these illustrated editions of the Works of Bunyan, the one in English and the other in Gaelic, suffice...

...subtle disquisition, for every purpose of the poet, the orator, and the divine, this homely dialect was perfectly sufficient. There is no book in our...years ago, that he dared not name John Bunyan in his verses, for fear of moving a sneer. To our refined forefathers, we suppose Lord Roseoinmon's Essay...

...so readily stake the fame of the old, unpolluted, English language," as the Pilgrim's Progress ; " no book which shows, so well, how rich that language...it has been improved by all that it has borrowed." " Though there were many clever men in England, during the latter half of the seventeenth century,...

...qualities, in his dream, has more dramatic effect than a dialogue between two human beings in most plays. The style of Bunyan is delightful to every reader,...rich that language is, in its own proper wealth, and bow little it has been improved by all that it has borrowed. Cowper said, fifty or sixty years ago,...

...which 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...rich that language is, in its own proper wealth, and bow little it has been improved by all that it has borrowed. Cowper said, fifty or sixty years ago,...