 | 1861 - 584 Seiten
...nor the 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,...Every thing is excused by the Play of Images and the spriteliness of Expression. Though all is easy, nothing is feeble: though all seems careless, there... | |
 | James Whiteside - 1862 - 100 Seiten
...prose it 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,...what is little is gay, what is great is splendid." Addison, Dr. Johnson, Sir Walter Scott, Southey, Moore, Macaulay, all attest the truth, that the imagination... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1864 - 460 Seiten
...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,...esteem, we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own. Everything is excused by the play of images and the sprightliness of expression. Though all is easy,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 Seiten
...nor the periods modelled : every word seems to drop by chance, thongh it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid : the whole is airy, animated,...little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid. He may be thonght to mention himself too frequently ; but, while he forces himself upon our esteem, we cannot... | |
 | James Whiteside - 1868 - 518 Seiten
...prose it 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,...what is little is gay, what is great is splendid." Addison, Dr. Johnson, Sir Walter Scott, Southey, Moore, Macaulay, all attest the truth, that the imagination... | |
 | English authors - 1869 - 458 Seiten
...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,...esteem, we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own. Everything is excused by the play of images and the sprightliness of expression. Though all is easy,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 Seiten
...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,...esteem, we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own. Everything is excused by the play of images and the sprightliness of expression. Though all is easy,... | |
 | Francis Armstrong Power - 1879 - 668 Seiten
...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...What is little is gay. What is great is splendid. Though all is easy, yet nothing is feeble. Though all seems careless, there is nothing harsh. And,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1882 - 484 Seiten
...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,...esteem, we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own. Everything is excused by the play of images and the sprightliness of expression. Though all is easy,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1882 - 320 Seiten
...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,...what is little is gay; what is great is splendid. . . . Though all is easy, nothing is feeble ; though all seems careless, there is nothing harsh; and... | |
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They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other. 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... 
