 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...diction ; he is therefore sometimes verbose in his transitions and connexions, and sometimes descends too much to the language of conversation ; yet if his...studied amplitude nor affected brevity ; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - Biography - 1857 - 492 pages
...Addison declared that Tillotson was his model. The description of Johnson is characteristic and just : " He is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic...studied amplitude nor affected brevity ; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy." It is, however, the colloquial tone, fusing these... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - Biography - 1857 - 490 pages
...Addison declared that Tillotson was his model. The description of Johnson is characteristic and just: " He is never feeble. and he did not wish to be energetic;...studied amplitude nor affected brevity; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy." It is, however, the colloquial tone, fusing these... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1857 - 486 pages
...Addison declared that Tillotson was his model. The description of Johnson is characteristic and just: " He is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic...studied amplitude nor affected brevity ; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy." It is, however, the colloquial tone, fusing these... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1860 - 496 pages
...him almost doubt whether it was Johnson's. Brit. Ess. vol. xix. p. 44.—CHOKER. Johnson himself: " What he attempted, he performed; he is -never feeble,...studied amplitude, nor affected brevity: his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. 1 Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Catalogs, Dictionary - 1862 - 432 pages
...; he is, therefore, sometimes verbose in his transitions and connexions, and sometimes descends too much to the language of conversation , yet if his...never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic. His sentences have neither studied amplitude nor affected brevity ; li is periods, though not diligently... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...diction; he is therefore sometimes verbose in his transitions and connections, and sometimes descends too much to the language of conversation; yet if his language...energetic; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. CXXI. — DEA TH FOR GO UNTR Y. PERCIVAL. The following noble lyric, so classical in its spirit and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 pages
...should walk on his feet. THE WRITINGS OF ADDISON. What he attempted, he performed : he is never fctble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never...studied amplitude, nor affected brevity: 'his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar... | |
 | Henry Lewis (M.A.) - 1869 - 196 pages
...diction ; he is therefore sometimes verbose in Ids transitions and connexions, and sometimes descends too much to the language of conversation : yet, if his...somewhat of its genuine Anglicism. What he attempted lie performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapid, and he... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 pages
...; he is therefore sometimes verbose in his transitions and connections, and 'sometimes descends too much to the language of conversation ; yet if his...energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. 6. His sentences have neither studied amplitude nor affected brevity ; his periods, though not diligently... | |
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It was apparently his principal endeavour to avoid all harshness and severity of diction ; he is therefore sometimes verbose in his transitions and connections, and sometimes descends too much to the language of conversation ; yet if his language had... 
