 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 Seiten
...nor the periods modelled: every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated,...Every thing is excused by the play of images and the sprighthness of expression. Though all is easy, nothing is feeble ; though all seems careless, there... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 Seiten
...nor the periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated,...what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid." Burke (according to Malone, who collected Drydea's prose works in four volumes) used to expatiate with... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1848 - 530 Seiten
...nor the periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated,...esteem, we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own. Everything h excused by the play of images, and the sprightliness of expression. Though all is easy,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 484 Seiten
...etarch for them, in authors prior to Dryden's time. rigorous ; what is little is gay, what is gnat is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself too frequently ; but while he forces himself upon oar esteem, we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own. Every thing is excused by the play of inures... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 Seiten
...nor the periods modelled : every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated,...esteem, we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own. Everything is excused by the play of images and the sprightliness of 1M Bead all the Prefaces of Dryden,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 472 Seiten
...nor the periods modelled : every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated,...what is little is gay ; what is great is splendid. lie may be thought to mention himself too frequently ; but while he forces himself upon our esteem,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1854 - 1314 Seiten
...periods modelled ; every word teems to drop by chance, though it Calls into its proper place. Nothing ii cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated and...what is little Is gay, what is great is splendid. Though all is easy, nothing t» feeble; though all seem> careless, there it nothing harsh; anU though,... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1855 - 446 Seiten
...nor his periods modelled; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place ; nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated,...what is little is gay; what is great is splendid. Though all is easy, nothing is feeble ; though all seems careless, there is nothing harsh; and though,... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1857 - 668 Seiten
...nor the periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated,...thought to mention himself too frequently; but while lie forces himself upon our esteem, we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own. Everything rs excused... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1858 - 418 Seiten
...nor the periods modelled; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated,...Every thing is excused by the play of images, and the sprightliuess of expression. Though ail is easy, nothing is feeble: though all seems careless, there... | |
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They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is... 
