 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 sivua
...performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to 6e energetic ; he is never rapid, and he neyer stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. IV. — Pleasure and Pain. THERE were two families, which from the beginning of the world, were as... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 sivua
...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...voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English styk, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentations, mnst give his days and nights to the... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 398 sivua
...and he did not wish to be energetic; he is nfver rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences ha^e neither studied amplitude nor affected brevity) his...diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes fo attain an Enarlish style, familiar b«t not coar«e, and ei<j«f:tn< but not ostentatious, mutt... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 434 sivua
...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 amplitude nor afiected brevity ; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 422 sivua
...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 amplitude noraffected brevity ; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 398 sivua
...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...diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. ' Whoever. wishes toattain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 394 sivua
...himself: "What he attempted, he performed ; he is never J,ceble, and he did not wish to be energetick ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. l •Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious,... | |
 | David Irving - 1821 - 336 sivua
...idiomatical, it might have lost somewhat of its genuine Anglicism. What he attempted he performed : he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy."* ' . : Dryden, Pope, and Atterbury, are reckoned among the number of graceful writers ; and to these... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - 580 sivua
...of Johnson is characteristic and just : " He is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates; his sentences...though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy." It is, however, the colloquial tone, fusing these qualities into an harmonious whole, that renders... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 388 sivua
...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...periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy.i .Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious,... | |
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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... 
