 | Samuel Johnson - 1864 - 460 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 expression. Though all is easy,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 Seiten
...nor the periods modelled : every word seems to drop by chance, thongh it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid : the whole is airy, animated,...little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid. He may be thonght to mention himself too frequently ; but, while he forces himself upon our esteem, we cannot... | |
 | James Whiteside - 1868 - 518 Seiten
...prose it has been said, " 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." Addison, Dr. Johnson, Sir Walter Scott, Southey, Moore, Macaulay, all attest the truth, that the imagination... | |
 | English authors - 1869 - 458 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 expression. Though all is easy,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1886 - 516 Seiten
...nor the periods modelled ; eve1y word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated,...forces himself upon our esteem, we cannot refuse him to N stand high in his own. Every thing is excused by the play of images and the spriteliness of expression.... | |
 | 1888 - 576 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... | |
 | James Morgan Hart - 1889 - 38 Seiten
...Johnson, the follower of Dryden, thus delivers his estimate of Dryden's style, thereby marking his own : " 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... | |
 | John Earle - 1890 - 552 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. — Life of Dryden. If a comparison between these two authors results in a sense of contrast rather... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1895 - 234 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,...too frequently ; but while he forces himself upon 30 our esteem, we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own. Every thing is excused by the play of... | |
 | John Dryden - 1895 - 266 Seiten
...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. . . . Though all is easy, nothing is feeble; though all seems careless, there is nothing harsh; and... | |
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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. 
