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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 life of Samuel Johnson - Seite 82
von James Boswell - 1817
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 304 Seiten
...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...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. POEMS OF JOSEPH ADDISON. TO MR. DRYDEN. How long, great poet! shall thy sacred lays Provoke our wonder,...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 298 Seiten
...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...coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give bis days and nights to the volumes of Addison. POEMS OF JOSEPH ADDISON. TO MR. DRYDEN. How long, great...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and ...

James Boswell - 1822 - 508 Seiten
...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...periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy.1 Whoever wishes to attain an English 1 [When Johnson shewed me a proof-sheet of the character...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Band 1

James Boswell - 1822 - 514 Seiten
...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...His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor afiected brevity ; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy.i Whoever wishes...
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The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 452 Seiten
...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. * But, says Dr. Warton, he sometimes is so ; and in another MS. note, he adds, often so. C. VOL. VI...
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The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 446 Seiten
...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. * But, says Dr. Warton, he sometimes is so ; and in another JMS. note, he adds, often so. C. VOL. vi...
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The Enquirer

William Godwin - 1823 - 442 Seiten
...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*." Nothing can be more glaringly exaggerated than this praise. Addison is a writer eminently enervated...
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The Enquirer

William Godwin - 1823 - 444 Seiten
...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...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison*." Nothing can be more glaringly exnggerated than this praise. Addison is a writer eminently enervated;...
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Microcosm. General index

Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 426 Seiten
...(this is his adoption of vulgar phrase) it would have lost something of its genuine Anglicism. He is never feeble ; and he did not wish to be energetic:...and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English Style, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." ' This is the Middle Style, for which Addison...
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The Enquirer

William Godwin - 1823 - 444 Seiten
...energetick; he is pever rapid, and" he never stagnates. His sentences. have neither studied amplitude, por affected brevity ; his periods, though not diligently...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison*." Nothing can be more glaringly exaggerated than this praise. Addison is a writer eminently enervated;...
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