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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... "
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Dryden. Smith. Duke. King ... - Page 444
by Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 503 pages
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 428 pages
...yet if his language had been lefs idiomatical, it might have loft fomewhat of its genuine Ariglicifm. What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble,...be energetick * ; he is never rapid, and he never ftagnites. Mis fentences have neither ftudied amplitude, nor affected brevity; his peridds, though...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...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...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 9

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 664 pages
...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 3 ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 pages
...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...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 9

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 612 pages
...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 energetic3 ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 598 pages
...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 and easy. Whoever 'wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious,...
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Works, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 380 pages
...to be energetic ;* he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences hjive 'neither studied amplitude nor affected brevity ; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious,...
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The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 424 pages
...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 and. easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English Style, must give his days and nights to the vo* lumes of...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 510 pages
...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 and easy. Whoever wisbei to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious,...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 512 pages
...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 and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious,...
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