 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...  Microcosm. General index - Page 249by Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823Full view - About this book
 | William Godwin - Conduct of life - 1823 - 442 pages
...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...and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 446 pages
...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...and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes... | |
 | William Godwin - Conduct of life - 1823 - 444 pages
...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...and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...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...amplitude nor affected brevity ; his periods, though notdiligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but... | |
 | William Godwin - Conduct of life - 1823 - 444 pages
...energetick; he is pever rapid, and" he never stagnates. His sentences. have neither studied amplitude, por affected brevity ; his periods, though not diligently...and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes... | |
 | James Boswell - 1824 - 454 pages
...himself: " What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble j and he did not wish to be energetick ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...and easy/ Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant butnot ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...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...and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 504 pages
...Anglicism. What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetickp; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an I^nglish style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...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...amplitude, nor affected brevity : his periods, though not dili\ gently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 440 pages
...himself: " 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...though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy P. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant, but not ostentatious,... | |
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