 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 affected brevity; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble...  Annual Register - Seite 207herausgegeben von - 1800Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 Seiten
...call it positively feeble. Let us remember the character of his style, as given by Johnson 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 have neither studied... | |
 | 1800 - 624 Seiten
...defcends too much to the language of converfation ; ye; t if his language had been lefs ídiomatical, it might have loft fomewhat of its genuine anglicifm....he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not vviili to be energetitf; he is never rapîd,..and he never ftagnates. His fentences have neither fhulied... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 Seiten
...avoid all harfhnefs and feverity of diction ; he is therefore fomefometimes verbofe in his tranfitions and connections, and fometimes defcends too much to...performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wifh to be energetick ; he is never rapid, and he never ftagnates. His fentences have neither ftudied amplitude*... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 536 Seiten
...avoid all harfhnefs and feverity of diction ; he is therefore fometimes verbofe in his tranfitions and connections, and fometimes defcends too much to...performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wifh to be energetick ; he is never rapid, and he never ftagnates. His fentences have neither ftudied amplitude,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 308 Seiten
...his tranfitions and connections, and fometimes defcends too much to the language of conyerfation ; yet if his language had been lefs idiomatical, it...attempted, he performed; he is never feeble, and he did notwifh to be energetick ; he is never rapid, and he never ftagnates. His fentences have neither ftudied... | |
 | David Irving - 1803 - 266 Seiten
...avoid all barflmefs and feverity of diction : he is therefore lometlmes verbofe in his tranfitions and connections, and fometimes defcends too much to...Anglicifm. What he attempted, he . performed : he is never rapid, .and he never ftagnates. ',His fentences have neither fhidied amplitude, nor affected bre.vity... | |
 | 1803 - 420 Seiten
...yet if his language had been less idiomatical, it might have lost somewhat of its genuine 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 have neither studied... | |
 | 1803 - 434 Seiten
...yet if his language had been less idiomatical, it might have lost somewhat of its genuine Anglicism. What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapifl, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 Seiten
...yet if his language had been less idiomatical, it might have lost somewhat of its genuine 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 have neither studied... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 378 Seiten
...yet if his language had been less idiomatical, it might have lost somewhat of its genuine 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 have neither studied... | |
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