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... The life of Samuel Johnson - الصفحة 82بواسطة James Boswell - 1817عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| William Scott - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 434
...uliomatical. 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...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 - عدد الصفحات: 422
...idiomalical, 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...stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude noraffected brevity ; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes... | |
| William Scott - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 398
...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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1821 - عدد الصفحات: 428
...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...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. HUGHES. J OHN HUGHES, the son of a citizen in London, and of Anne Burgess, of an ancient family in... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 580
...declared that Tillotson was his model. The description of Johnson is characteristic and just : " He is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic;...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 - عدد الصفحات: 398
...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... | |
| David Irving - 1821 - عدد الصفحات: 336
...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... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - عدد الصفحات: 394
...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,... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - عدد الصفحات: 388
...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,... | |
| John Watkins - 1821 - عدد الصفحات: 1570
...unmarried, in 1797. Dr. Johnson, after drawing his character in a forcible and elegant manner says, " whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...coarse, and elegant, but not ostentatious, must give hia days and nights to the volumes of Addison." — Hing. Jirit. Johnson's Poets. ADELARD, a monk of... | |
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