| David Irving - 1821 - 336 страници
...idiomatical, it might have lost somewhat of its genuine Anglicism. What he attempted he performed : he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy."* ' . : Dryden, Pope, and Atterbury, are reckoned among the number of graceful writers ; and to these... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 394 страници
...himself: "What he attempted, he performed ; he is never J,ceble, and he did not wish to be energetick ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. l •Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious,... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 388 страници
...himself: "What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetick ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy.i .Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious,... | |
| John Watkins - 1821 - 1570 страници
...unmarried, in 1797. Dr. Johnson, after drawing his character in a forcible and elegant manner says, " whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant, but not ostentatious, must give hia days and nights to the volumes of Addison." — Hing. Jirit. Johnson's... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 304 страници
...anglicism. What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic : he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...style, familiar, but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. POEMS OF JOSEPH ADDISON. TO... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 508 страници
...himself: " What he attempted, he performed; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy.1 Whoever wishes to attain an English 1 [When Johnson shewed me a proof-sheet of the character... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 514 страници
...himself: " What he attempted, he performed; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor afiected brevity ; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy.i Whoever wishes... | |
| William Godwin - 1823 - 442 страници
...Anglicism. What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetick ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison*." Nothing can be more glaringly... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 452 страници
...Anglicism. What he attempted, he performed; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetick * ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. * But, says Dr. Warton, he sometimes... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 446 страници
...Anglicism^ What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetick*; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. * But, says Dr. Warton, he sometimes... | |
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