 | Samuel Johnson - 1858 - 418 pages
...sentence betrays the other. The pauses 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 - 1860 - 652 pages
...trouble about ; pi-rinds modelled ; every word seems to drop by cliance, though it falls into ill jiryper place. Nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated and vigor>n> ; what i* little is guy, what is great is splendid. Though all is easv, nothing :• feeble;... | |
 | 1861 - 584 pages
...Sentence betrays the other The Clauses are never balanced, nor the Periods modell'd : 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... | |
 | James Whiteside - 1862 - 100 pages
...though laboured, is equal to his sublimest verse, of Dryden's prose it has been said " every word seems to drop by chance though it falls into its proper...vigorous, what is little is gay, what is great is splendid." Addison, Dr. Johnson, Sir Walter Scott, Southey, Moore, Macaulay, all attest the truth,... | |
 | Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1866 - 654 pages
...no trouble about ; periods modelled ; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into it» proper place. Nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated and vigorjus ; what is little is gHy, what is créât is splendid. Though all is easy, nothing in feeble;... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 pages
...The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled : every word seems to drop by chance, thongh it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or...vigorous ; what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid. He may be thonght to mention himself too frequently ; but, while he forces himself upon our... | |
 | James Whiteside - 1868 - 498 pages
...though laboured, is equal to his sublimest verse. Of Dryden's prose it has been said, " Every word seems to drop by chance though it falls into its proper...vigorous ; what is little is gay, what is great is splendid." Addison, Dr. Johnson, Sir Walter Scott, Southey, Moore, Macaulay, all attest the truth,... | |
 | English authors - 1869 - 458 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... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William) Turner - 1869 - 486 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...cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and 1 Shaksp?are has capricious, conversation, fatigate (if not fatigue), figure, gallant, good graces... | |
 | Francis Armstrong Power - 1879 - 668 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. Though all is easy, yet nothing is feeble. Though all seems careless, there is nothing harsh.... | |
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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... 
