 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
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 416 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... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 422 Seiten
...yet, if his language had been less idiomalical, 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 430 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 energetick ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 Seiten
...call it positively feeble. Let ns remember the character of his style, at given hy Johnsou himself: " What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; lie is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 426 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 388 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 514 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 energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 304 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 508 Seiten
...call it positively feeble. Let us remember the character of his style, as given byJohnson 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 452 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 energetick * ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied... | |
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