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 have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity : his periods, though not diligently rounded, are... Life of Johnson - Página 155por James Boswell - 1904Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 páginas
...the highway?' Porson, Tracts, p. 339. Both are excellent, though in different ways. Addison writes with the ease of a gentleman. His readers fancy that...though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy'. ' Works, vii. 473. * When Johnson shewed me a proof-sheet of the character of Addison, in which he... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 640 páginas
...styles of Addison and Johnson. [AD 1750. Both are excellent, though in different ways. Addison writes with the ease of a gentleman. His readers fancy that...though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy*. 1 Works, vii. 473. * When Johnson shewed me a proof-sheet of the character of Addison, in which he... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 496 páginas
...impressed upon them by his commanding eloquence. Addison's style, like a light wine, pleases every body from the first. . Johnson's, like a liquor of more...attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and * [When Johnson shewed me a proof-sheet of. the character of Addison, in which he so highly extols... | |
| 1803 - 420 páginas
...sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity : his periods, though not dilligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain...give his days and nights to the volumes of ADDISON. TO i . THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN LORD SOMMERS; BARON OF EVESHAM. itr LOUD, I SHOULD not act the part... | |
| 1803 - 434 páginas
...sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity : his periods, though not dilligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain...give his days and nights to the volumes of ADDISON. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN LORD SOMMERS; BARON OF EVESHAM. Mr LORD, I SHOULD not act the part of... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 páginas
...idiomatical, it might have lost somewhat of its genuine Anglicism. What he attempted, he - T t 2 performed; performed; he is never feeble, and he did not wish...diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever vi ishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coavse, and elegant but not ostentatious, give... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 378 páginas
...Anglicism. 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...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison *." The public has in a great measure sanctioned the opinions of these truly learned and discerning... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 páginas
...Anglicism. 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...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison *." The public has in a great measure sanctioned the opinions of these truly learned and discerning... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 páginas
...attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic; he is never rapid, and never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. " BLACKMORE. SIR RICHARD BLACK MORE was the son of Robert Blackmore, of Corsham in Wiltshire, supposed... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 514 páginas
...impressed upon them by his commanding eloquence. Addison's style, like a light wine, pleases every body from the first. Johnson's, like a liquor of more body,...though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. 1 Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious,... | |
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