 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
 | 1857 - 574 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... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1862 - 432 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. His sentences have neither studied amplitude nor affected brevity ; li is periods,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 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. CXXI. — DEA TH FOR GO UNTR Y. PERCIVAL.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 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. 6. His sentences have neither studied... | |
 | 1871 - 500 Seiten
...tries no hazardous innovations. His page is always luminous, " but never blazes in unexpected splendour What he attempted " he performed : he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; " he is never rapid and be never stugnates. His sentences have neither " studied... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 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 be energetick; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 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 aentraices have neither studied... | |
 | English dictation - 1881 - 156 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... | |
 | Henry Lewis (M.A.) - 1881 - 250 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." 3. Johnson's 'Life of Addison.' "... | |
 | John Dryden, Oliver Goldsmith - 1882 - 314 Seiten
...which is contained in the 'Lives of the Poets,' with praise of the "genuine Anglicism" of his style. " 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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