 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 pages
...sentence betrays the other. The clauses ore 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... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1848 - 530 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...sentence hetrays 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... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1854 - 1314 pages
...periods modelled ; every word teems to drop by chance, though it Calls into its proper place. Nothing ii 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 t» feeble; though all seem> careless, there it nothing harsh;... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1855 - 446 pages
...who have succeeded him. His clauses are never balanced, nor his 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. Though all is easy, nothing is feeble ; though all seems careless, there is nothing harsh;... | |
 | 1857 - 574 pages
...sentence betrays the other. The clauses are nevei 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... | |
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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... 
