 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 σελίδες
...Anglicism. What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic3 ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. 'But, says Dr. Warton, he sometimes is so ; and in another MS note he adds, often so. C. TO THE RIGHT... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 σελίδες
...Anglicism. What he attempted, he performed; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic 3 ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. * But, says Dr. Warton, be sometimes is so; and in another MS note he adds, often so. C TO THE RIGHT... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 σελίδες
...rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity: bis periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. * But, says Or. Wart on, he sometimes is so ; and in another MS note he adds, often so. С TO THE RIGHT... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 394 σελίδες
...his Life in the Britannica, 2il edit. • VOL. I. C has become almost proverbial to repeat, that " whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar...give his days and nights to the volumes of ADDISON." That few, however, are willing to bestow this labour, or anxious to obtain the reward, is sufficiently... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 412 σελίδες
...has become almost proverbial to repeat, that " whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiur but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious,...give his days and nights to the volumes of ADDISON." That few, however, are willing to bestow this labour, or anxious to obtain the reward, is sufficiently... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 380 σελίδες
...and he did not wish to be energetic ;* he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences hjive 'neither studied amplitude nor affected brevity ;...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. * But, says Dr. Warton, he sometimes is so ; and in another MS. note he adds, often so. C. HUGHES.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 σελίδες
...stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude nor affected brevity ; his periods, though ncft diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. ' But, says Di-. AYarton, he sometimes is so ; and in another MS. note he adds., often sn. r. HUGHES.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 512 σελίδες
...Anglicism. What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble, 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. ' ' This life, which appeared in the preceding edition of tbis Dictionary, K sn abridgment of lhat... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 510 σελίδες
...affected brevity : his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wisbei to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse,...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. ' l This life, which appeared in the preceding edition of this Dictionary, Is an abridgment of that... | |
 | Philip Massinger - 1813 - 546 σελίδες
...roughness, that its characteristic excellence is a sweetness beyond example. " Whoever,1' says Johnson, " wishes to attain an English style familiar but not...give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.'' Whoever would add to these the qualities of simplicity, purity, sweetness, and strength, must devote... | |
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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... 
