 | David Irving - 1821 - 336 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - 580 Seiten
...of Johnson is characteristic and just : " He is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates; his sentences...though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy." It is, however, the colloquial tone, fusing these qualities into an harmonious whole, that renders... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 388 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Poets. ADELARD,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 304 Seiten
...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...but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. POEMS OF JOSEPH ADDISON. TO MR. DRYDEN. How... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 508 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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...but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison*." Nothing can be more glaringly exaggerated... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 452 Seiten
...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...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 is so... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 446 Seiten
...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...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 is so... | |
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Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. 
