 | Elbert Nevius Sebring Thompson - 1926 - 160 Seiten
...fluent to grow tedious. Samuel Johnson never wrote juster criticism than this: "Nothing is cold and 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 ; though all seems careless, there is nothing harsh. '... | |
 | Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew - 1911 - 552 Seiten
...balanced, nor the periods modeled; every word seems to drop by chance, tho 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. Everything is excused by the play of images and the spriteliness of expression. Tho all is easy, nothing... | |
 | University of Iowa - 1928 - 760 Seiten
...fluent to grow tedious. Samuel Johnson never wrote juster criticism than this: "Nothing is cold and 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 ; though all seems careless, there is nothing harsh. '... | |
 | 1911 - 20 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. . . . Everything is excused by the play of images and the spriteliness of expression. Though all is... | |
 | Alvin B. Kernan - 1989 - 384 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...is little is gay; what is great is splendid." "He that reads many books," Johnson says in his "Life of Pope," "must compare one opinion or one style... | |
 | Greg Clingham - 1997 - 290 Seiten
...the periods modelled; every word seems to drop by chance, 181 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... | |
 | Michael Werth Gelber - 2002 - 358 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. 13 Johnson is clearly disturbed by Dryden's self-criticism, but not inevitably and not consistently.... | |
 | Benjamin Ifor Evans - 2006 - 520 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 he forced himself upon our esteem, we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own. Everything is excused... | |
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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 cold or languid : the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid. 
