He had made the language his study; and though he wrote hastily, and often incorrectly, and his style is not free from faults, yet there is a richness in his diction, a copiousness, ease, and variety in his expression, which has not been surpassed by any who have come after him.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "He had made the language his study; and though he wrote hastily, and often incorrectly, and his style is not free from faults, yet there is a richness in his diction, a copiousness, ease, and variety in his expression, which has not been surpassed by any who have come after him." in the context of "Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Vol. I (1783), Lecture XVIII, p. 378." to mean that wisdom is timeless.