| Alexander Jamieson - 1838 - 338 strani
...tentence betrays the other. The clauses are novcr balanced, nor the periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper...languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous 3 what is little, is gay ; what is groat, is splendid. Though all is easy, nolhmg is feeble ; though... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 strani
...sentence betrnys the other. The pauses arc never balanced, nor the periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper...cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and rigorous ; what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1839 - 702 strani
...are never balanced, *f the periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls 'Mo its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy animated "d'iforons; what is little, is gay; what is great is splendid. Though all is '';">', nothing is feeble... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 strani
...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...vigorous; what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself too frequently ; but, while he forces himself upon our... | |
| Alexander Jamieson - 1840 - 314 strani
...sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modeiled ; every word seema to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper...is airy, animated, and vigorous : what is little, u gay ; what ia great, is splendid. Though all is easy, nothing is feeble ; though all seems careless,... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1842 - 760 strani
...of his critical prefaces has won universal admiration. In them, according to our great moralist, " nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated,...vigorous : what is little, is gay, — what is great, is splendid. Everything is excused by the play of images, and the sprightliness of expression. Though... | |
| 1842 - 740 strani
...of his critical prefaces has won universal admiration. In them, according to our great moralist, " nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated,...vigorous : what is little, is gay, — what is great, is splendid. Everything is excused by the play of images, and the sprightliness of expression. Though... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 strani
...pauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance, though it fiUb Hie petty poems are seldom worth the cost of criticism...sometimes the thoughts are false, and sometimes common. splendid. He may be thought to mention himself too frequently; but, while he forces himself upon our... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1845 - 638 strani
...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...is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little, in gay ; what is great, is splendid. Though all is easy, nothing is feeble; though all seems careless,... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 560 strani
...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...vigorous ; 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... | |
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