 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 - 1835 - 604 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 Seiten
...yet if his language had been less idiomatical, it might have lost somewhat of its genuine Anglicism. e stability which it had wish to be energetic ;* he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 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 wiah to be energetic : he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied... | |
 | Friedrich Christoph Schlosser - 1843 - 410 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 - 1846 - 602 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 he energetick; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 Seiten
...if his language had been less idiomatical, it might 35 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... | |
 | J H. Aitken - 1853 - 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 484 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 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... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 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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