It was from this Opinion of the Matter, that when Mr. Clayton had finished his Studies in Italy, and brought over the Opera of Arsinoe, that Mr. Haym and Mr. Dieupart, who had the Honour to be well known and received among the Nobility and Gentry, were zealously inclined to assist, by their Solicitations, in introducing so elegant an Entertainment as the Italian Musick grafted upon English Poetry.

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She could tell a story in clear and lively, if not always correct and elegant English, and she could describe the ecstasies and agonies of passion in a way that seemed natural and convincing to an audience nurtured on French romans à longue haleine and heroic plays.

" With which Miss Fanny sniffed, if that very inelegant word may be applied to any action performed by so elegant a young lady.

How elegant his manners, and how brilliant his wit!

There were papers of all colors and sizesscraps, single sheets, and collections of several pagesall covered with verses in many hands, from that of the young boy to elegant clerkly manuscript.

Milton has touched this subject with so chaste and elegant a pen, that the description, one would think, must confirm the husband in his happiness, and reclaim the man of profligate and licentious principles: "Hail, wedded love!

Hiram paused and counted the boxesfive huge trunksAdelaide's beyond doubt; four smaller ones, six of steamer size and thereaboutsprofuse and elegant Arthur's profuse and elegant array of canvas and leather.

There is nothing wasted in one who lived long enough to show that the refinement acquired and inherited was of the noble kind which could prefer the roughest action for humanity to elegant allurements of gratified taste.

"Southey certainly is as elegant a writer as any in the kingdom.