...in his Family.' It is generally believed, fays the Editor, that this Author has advanced our Englifh Tongue to AS great a Perfection as it can well bear^ and yet, bow great a Ma ft er he was of it, has, I think,, never appeared fo much as it will in the following...

...tranflations I believe need no apology. It is generally believed that this author has advanced our Englifh tongue to as great a perfection as it can well bear ; and yet how great a mafter he was of it, as I think, never appeared fo much as it will in the following letters, wherein...

...another column, for the use of such readers as may be unacquainted with the originals. Whatever faults there may be in the translation, I doubt, I must answer...well bear : and yet, how great a master he was of it, has, I think, never appeared so much, as it will in the following letters ; wherein the style appears...

...translations, I believe, need no apology. It iifgejierally believed, that this author has advanced ourEnglish tongue to as great a perfection as it can well bear : and yet, how great a master he was of it, has, I think, never appeared so much, as it will in the following letters ; wherein the style appears...

...Charles Boyle* sufficiently show ; and Swift tells us, writing immediately after Temple's death ; —" It is generally believed that this author has advanced...to as great a perfection as it can well bear:" and he ascribes to his style a peculiar merit;—" how great a master he was of this tongue has, I think,...

...Charles Boyle * sufficiently show ; and Swift tells us, writing immediately after Temple's death ; — " It is generally believed that this author has advanced...to as great a perfection as it can well bear :" and he ascribes to his style a peculiar merit; — " how great a master he was of this tongue has, I think,...

...answer for the greater part, and must leave the rest to those friends who were pleased to assist me. 1 speak only of the French and Latin ; for the few Spanish...it, as I think, never appeared so much as it will in ihe following letters, wherein the style appears ио very di fièrent, according to the difference...

...any value.' This defect he proposed to remedy by the publication of the letters of ' an author who has advanced our English tongue to as great a perfection as it can well bear.' Cautious words, written with we know not how much inward reservation ! For a man of the world and of...

...any value." This defect be proposed to, remedy by the publication of the letters of " an author who has advanced our English tongue to as great a perfection as it can well bear." Cautious words, written with we know not how much inward reservation ! For a man of the world and of...

...any value.' This defect he proposed to remedy by the publication of the letters of ' an author who has advanced our English tongue to as great a perfection as it can well bear.' Cautious words, written with we know not how much inward reservation I For a' man of the world and...