 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 pages
...defensive, occupie* almost all hie prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patron»; vigour, having the wh île body of his subjects to oppose. He pauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance, though it... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...of these prefaces Johnson has truly said, " None of his prefaces were ever thought tedious. They haw not the formality of a settled style, in which the...cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid." Burke (according to Malone, who collected... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 pages
...we can never lay aside till we have finished, Dr. Johnson has said, with equal force and beauty,— "They have not the formality of a settled style, in...half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses ore never balanced, nor the periods modelled: every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1848 - 530 pages
...have once commenced reading them, we can never lay aside till we have finished, Dr. Johnson says, " They have not the formality of a settled style, in...cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous: what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pages
...pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces were ever thought tedious.162 They have not the formality of a settled style, in...cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little is gay ; what is great is splendid. He may be thought to mention himself... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 472 pages
...pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces were ever thought tedious.162 They have not the formality of a settled style, in...cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little is gay ; what is great is splendid. lie may be thought to mention himself... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...worth his notice, his works must be perused with very close attention. except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces...settled style, in which the first half of the sentence hetrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled; every word seems to drop... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1855 - 446 pages
...never been surpassed by any of those who have succeeded him. His clauses are never balanced, nor his periods modelled; every word seems to drop by chance,...cold or 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 ;... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 358 pages
...Careless readers have a sort of dread of a preface. Yet of these prefaces Johnson has truly said, " None of his prefaces were ever thought tedious. They...betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, r.or the periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place.... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 pages
...formality of a settled style, in wliich the first half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses ars never balanced, nor the periods modelled ; every word...is cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated and vigorous; what is little, is gay; what is great, is splendid." Burke (according to Malone, who collected... | |
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They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the 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 place. Nothing is... 
