 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 страници
...periods modelled: every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is little is gay, what is great is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself too frequently! but while he forces himself upon our... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 страници
...periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and...vigorous ; what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid." Burke (according to Malone, who collected Drydea's prose works in four volumes) used to... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1848 - 530 страници
...periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and...vigorous: what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself too frequently; but while he forces himself upon our... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1850 - 654 страници
...periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into itt proper place. Nothing it cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated and vigorous -, what is little is guy, what is great is splendid. Though all is easy, nothing a feeble; though all seems careless, there... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 страници
...periods modelled; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and...vigorous. What is little is gay ; what is great is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself too frequently ; but while he forces himself upon our... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 страници
...periods modelled : every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and...vigorous ; what is little is gay ; what is great is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself too frequently ; but while he forces himself upon our... | |
 | 1857 - 574 страници
...periods modelled; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is little is gay; what is great is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself too frequently; but while he forces himself upon our... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1858 - 418 страници
...periods modelled; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and...vigorous; what is little, is gay; what is great, is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself too frequently; but, while he forces himself upon our... | |
 | 1861 - 584 страници
...Periods modell'd : every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper Place. Nothing is cold or languid : the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous: what is little is gay: what is great is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself too frequently: but while he forces himself upon our... | |
 | James Whiteside - 1862 - 100 страници
...has been said " every word seems to drop by chance though it falls into its proper place, nothing is cold or languid, the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous, what is little is gay, what is great is splendid." Addison, Dr. Johnson, Sir Walter Scott, Southey, Moore, Macaulay, all attest B2 the truth,... | |
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The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid. 
