William Hazlitt Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: April 10, 1778 - September 18, 1830
Birthday: April 10
Death: September 18
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.
source: William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1270, Delphi Classics
topic: Writing, Choices, Style, Pedantic
