 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 of World Events - Page 2051800Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 430 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 416 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 ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 426 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 ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 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 6e energetic ; he is never rapid, and he neyer stagnates. His sentences have neither studied... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 388 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... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 508 pages
...call it positively feeble. Let us remember the character of his style, as given byJohnson himself: " 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 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 energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 304 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 : he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied... | |
 | William Godwin - Conduct of life - 1823 - 444 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; hi' is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 446 pages
...;(jet 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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