...boundary, beyond which I make few excursions. From the authors which rose in the time of Elizabeth, a speech might be formed adequate to all the purposes of • use and elegance. If the language of theoloijy were extracted from Hooker and the translation of the Bible ; the terms of natural Itnowledge...

...time of Elizabeth, a fpeecb might be formed adequate to all the purpofes of ufe and eU, jsnce. If tbe language of theology were extracted from Hooker and the translation of the Bible j the terms of natural knowledge from Bacon j the phrafes of policy, war, anj navigation, from Raleigh...

...sufficient grounds has Dr. Johnson observed*, ' From the authors which rose in the time of Elizabeth, a speech might be formed, adequate to all the purposes...and navigation from Raleigh ; the dialect of poetry from Spenser and Sidney ; and the diction of common life from Shakspeare, few ideas would be lost to...

...Johnson in the admirable preface to his English Dictionary, "a speech might be formed adequate to all purposes of use and elegance, if the language of theology were extracted from Hooker, and the Bible translation ; the terms of natural knowledge from Bacon ; the phrases of policy, war, and navigation,...

...Dr. Johnson does not exaggerate when he says: "From the authors who rose in the time of Elizabeth, a speech might be formed adequate to all the purposes...language of theology were extracted from Hooker and the translators of the Bible, the terms of natural knowledge from Bacon, the phrases of war, policy, and...

...than in the words of Dr. Johnson, who observes: "From the authors who rose in the time of Elizabeth, a speech might be formed adequate to all the purposes...and navigation, from Raleigh; the dialect of poetry from Spenser and Sidney; and the diction of common life from Shakespeare, few ideas would be lost to...

...in the time of Queen Elizabeth, that a speech might be formed adequate to all the purposes of life. If the language of theology were extracted from Hooker,...; the phrases of policy, war, and navigation, from Kaleigh ; the dialect of poetry and fiction from Spenser and Sidney ; and the diction of common life...

...thought. Dr. Johnson has very warrantably said : " From the authors which rose in the time of Elizabeth a speech might be formed adequate to all the purposes...and navigation from Raleigh ; the dialect of poetry from Spenser and Sidney ; and the diction of common life from Shakspeare ; few ideas would be lost...

...derived from Saxon roots ! " From the authors," says Dr. Johnson, " which rose in the time of Elizabeth a speech might be formed adequate to all the purposes...language of theology were extracted from Hooker and the translators of the Bible, the terms of natural knowledge from Bacon, the phrases of policy, war, and...

...probably owing to the greater fixedness of our aristocratic national character. " If," says Dr. Johnson, " the language of theology were extracted from Hooker...terms of natural knowledge from Bacon ; the phrases oi policy, war, and navigation from Raleigh ; the dialect of poetry and fiction from Spenser and Sidney...