 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 O'Donnell Bennett - 1928 - 488 Seiten
...century and a half the weight of a command. It has been often quoted; it cannot be too often heeded: "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... | |
 | Tucker Brooke, Matthias A. Shaaber - 1989 - 490 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... | |
 | Edward Alan Bloom, Lillian D. Bloom - 1995 - 508 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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1783 - 624 Seiten
...to the language of converfation ; yet if his language had been lefs idiomatical, it might have loll fomewhat of its genuine anglicifm. What he attempted,...he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wiih to be energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never ftagnates. His fentences have neither ftudied... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 418 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... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1872 - 244 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 he never stagnates. His sentences have neither " studied... | |
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