| James Boswell - 1786 - 552 pages
...the advocate the wishes of some who favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman Emperour's determination, oderint dum metuant; he used no allurements...gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade.' Johnson's Works, viii. 288. See ante, ii. 41, and iv. 55. APPENDIX B. (Page 181.) Johnson's... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman Emperors determination, oderint dum metuaitt ; he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without neatness; he took the words... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...of some who favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman Emperors determination, oderinl dum metuant ; he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without neatness ; he took the words... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 230 pages
...some who favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman emperor's determination, oderint, rium metuant: he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without neatness ; he took the words... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pages
...commonly his enemies, and excited against the advocate the wishes of some who favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman emperor's determination,...gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without neatness ; he took the words... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...his enemies, and excited; against the advocate the wishes of some who favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman Emperor's determination,...gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without neatness ; he took the words... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...commonly his enemies, and excited against the advocate the wishes of some who favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman Emperor's determination,...gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without neatness ; he took the words... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman emperor's determination, oderint dum metuaiit ; he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. Hie style i- copious without selection, and forcible without neatness ; he took the words... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 pages
...favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman emperor's determination, oderint dum metu. ant ; he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without neatness ; he took the words... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...commonly his enemies, and excited against the advocate the wishes of some who favoured the cause. He seems to have adopted the Roman emperor's determination,...gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without neatness ; he took the words... | |
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