 | 1832 - 410 pages
...Most authors, who have occupied themselves with this subject, admit the difficulty, — or, rather, the impossibility, — of reducing it to any fixed...composition, are, for the most part, applicable to letter- writing : ease and simplicity, an even flow of unlaboured diction, and an artless arrangement... | |
 | 1834 - 192 pages
...method of traating the same subject. The qualities of the epistolary style most frequently required, are ease and simplicity, an even flow of unlaboured diction,...and an artless arrangement of obvious sentiments. But these directions are no sooner applied to use, than then- scantiness and imperfection become evident.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 pages
...method of treating the same subject. The qualities of the epistolary style most frequently required, are th fondness and caresse But these directions are no sooner applied to use, than their scantiness and imperection become evident.... | |
 | 1836 - 342 pages
...epistolary style most frequently required," says the former of these writers, (Rambler, No. 152,) " are ease and simplicity, an even flow of unlaboured diction,...and an artless arrangement of obvious sentiments. But these directions are no sooner applied to use, than their scantiness and imperfection become evident.... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1839 - 338 pages
...Most authors, who have occupied themselves with this subject, admit the difficulty, — or, rather, the impossibility, — of reducing it to any fixed...general rules which govern other styles of composition, arc, for the most part, applicable to letter writing : ease and simplicity, an even flow of unlabored... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 624 pages
...of treating the samé subject. The qualities of the epistolary style most frequently required, are ease and simplicity, an even flow of unlaboured diction,...and an artless arrangement of obvious sentiments. But these directions are no sooner applied to use, than their scantiness and imperfection become evident.... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1841 - 338 pages
...occupied themselves with this subject, admit the difficulty,— or, rather, the impossibility,—of reducing it to any fixed rules; as letters are written...composition, are, for the most part, applicable to letter writing : ease and simplicity, an even flow of unlabored diction, and an artless arrangement... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1841 - 338 pages
...epistolary style most frequently required," says the former of these writers, (Rambler, No. 152,) " are ease and simplicity, an even flow of unlaboured diction,...and an artless arrangement of obvious sentiments. But these direc tions are no sooner applied to use, than their scan tiness and imperfection become... | |
 | William Roberts - 1843 - 734 pages
...paper above alluded to. that though the qualities of the epistolary style most frequently required, are ease and simplicity, an even flow of unlaboured diction,...and an artless arrangement of obvious sentiments, yet we may relieve our minds from critical entanglements by determining that a letter has no peculiarity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 622 pages
...of treating tlie same subject. The qualities of the epistolary style most frequently required, are ease and simplicity, an even flow of unlaboured diction,...and an artless arrangement of obvious sentiments. But these directions are no sooner applied to use, than their scantiness and imperfection become evident.... | |
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The qualities of the epistolary style most frequently required are ease and simplicity, an even flow of unlaboured diction, and an artless arrangement of obvious sentiments. 
