William Hazlitt Quote

To write a genuine familiar or truly English style is to write as anyone would speak in common conversation, who had a thorough command and choice of words, or who could discourse with ease, force, and perspicuity, setting aside all pedantic and oratorical flourishes.


Table-talk Or Original Essays. - London, Colburn 1822 (ed. 1822)


To write a genuine familiar or truly English style is to write as anyone would speak in common conversation, who had a thorough command and choice of ...

To write a genuine familiar or truly English style is to write as anyone would speak in common conversation, who had a thorough command and choice of ...

To write a genuine familiar or truly English style is to write as anyone would speak in common conversation, who had a thorough command and choice of ...

To write a genuine familiar or truly English style is to write as anyone would speak in common conversation, who had a thorough command and choice of ...