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" Erasmus is that of a man who had a strong memory, a natural eloquence, a lively fancy, and a ready invention, who composed with great facility and rapidity, and who did not care for the trouble of revising and... "
The Life of Erasmus: From A.D. 1530 to A.D. 1536; and Remarks on the works ... - Page 97
by John Jortin - 1808
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THE MONTHLY REVIEW, OR, LITERARY JOURNAL

SEVERAL HANDS - 1758 - 668 pages
...and correcting ; who had fpent * all his days in reading, writing, and talking Latin; for he « feems to have had no turn for modern languages, and perhaps * he had almoft forgotten his mother-tongue. His ftylc there* fore is always unaffected, eafy, copious, fluent,...
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Annual Register, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - History - 1759 - 516 pages
...revifing and correcting; who had fpent all his days in reading, writing, and talking Latin; for he feems to have had no turn for modern languages, and perhaps he had almolt forgotten his mother-tongue. His ftyle therefore is always unaffected, eafy, copious, fluent,...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 1

History - 1764 - 524 pages
...revifing and correcting ; who had fpcnt all his days in reading, writing, and talking Latin ; for he feems to have had no turn for modern languages, and perhaps he had almoll forgotten his inothLT-tcr.guc. II:s ftyle therefore is al.V3>s unaffected, eafy, copious, fluent,...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

History - 1795 - 532 pages
...with great facility and rapitliiy, and who did not care for the trouble of revising and correfting ; who had spent all his days in reading, writing, and...seems to have had no turn for modern languages, and j-crhaps he had almost forgotten his mother-tongue. His style, therefore, is always unaffeéled, easy,...
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A New Universal Biography: Forming the first volume of series III

John Platts - Biography - 1826 - 632 pages
...volumes folio, 1703. Dr. Jortin, the biographer of Erasmus, speaking of his Latin style, says, it " is that of a man who had a strong memory, a natural...therefore, is always unaffected, easy, copious, fluent, and dear, but not always perfectly pure and strictly classical." No one contributed so much as Erasmus...
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David Nutt - 1837 - 774 pages
...moment ;" and Dr. .tin tin, who knew more of his works than any man, adds, " His style is that of a man who had spent all his days in reading, writing, and talking Latin, and it is therefore always unaffected, easy, copious, fluent, and clear," — nosmall recommendation...
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A Catalogue of Theological Books in Foreign Languages: Including the Sacred ...

David Nutt - Theology - 1857 - 618 pages
...moment ;" and Dr. Jortin, who knew more of his works than any man, adds, " His style is that of a man who had spent all his days in reading, writing, and talking Latin, and it is therefore always unaffected, easy, copious, fluent, and clear," — nosmall recommendation...
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