Vous y trouverez le langage doux et aggreable, d'une naifve simplicite, la narration pure, et en laquelle la bonne foy de l'autheur reluit evidemment, exempte de vanite parlant de soy, et d'affection et d'envie parlant d'autruy : ses discours et enhortemens, accompaignez, plus de bon zele et de verite, que d'aucune exquise suffisance, et tout par tout de l'authorite et gravite, representant son homme de bon lieu, et eleve aux grans affaires.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Describes a writer as honest, humble, and authoritative in discussing serious matters.
- In plain terms
- The author speaks with honesty and dignity rather than vanity.
- What can you take from it?
- Authority comes from sincerity and experience.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you recognize honest writing?
- What makes a voice authoritative?
Another view
This assessment relies entirely on the author's self-perception.
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