| Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 216 pages
...notice, his works must be perused with very close attention. his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces...cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself... | |
| English essays - 1900 - 492 pages
..."Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons : but none of his prefaces...cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is little is gay; what is great is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself too... | |
| John Dryden - Criticism - 1900 - 420 pages
...Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces...cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself... | |
| John Dryden - Criticism - 1900 - 412 pages
...Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces...cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself... | |
| George Gilbert Ramsay - Latin language - 1903 - 456 pages
...never been surpassed by any of those who have succeeded him. His clauses are never balanced, nor his periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance,...cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little is gay ; what is great is splendid. Though all is easy, nothing is feeble... | |
| Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - Criticism - 1903 - 218 pages
...first naif dl the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modeled; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls...cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little, is gay; and what is great, is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself... | |
| Sir William Robertson Nicoll, Thomas Seccombe - England - 1907 - 524 pages
...Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none of his prefaces were...cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is little, is gay; what is great, is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself... | |
| Robert D. Blackman - Authorship - 1908 - 328 pages
...have rarely been surpassed by those who have succeeded him. His clauses are never balanced, nor his periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance,...cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous : what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid. Though all is easy, nothing is feeble... | |
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1909 - 1112 pages
...Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none of his prefaces were...other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modeled, every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold... | |
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1909 - 1112 pages
...first half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modeled. every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls...cold or languid: the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is little, is gay; what is great, is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself... | |
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