 | Biography - 1835 - 306 pages
...copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted. It is a mode so distinct and peculiar, that it must be considered by itself; what is true of that is not true of anything else which he has written. In his other works is found an equable tenor of easy language,... | |
 | Biography - 1835 - 312 pages
...copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted. It is a mode so distinct and peculiar, that it must be considered by itself; what is true of that is not true of anything else which he has written. In his other works is found an equable tenor of easy language,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted. It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar thnt it must be considered by itself; what is true of that, is not true of any thing else which he... | |
 | Biography - 1838 - 530 pages
...distinct and peculiar, that it must be considered by itself; what is true of that is not true of anything else which he has written. In his other works is found...easy language, which rather trickles than flows." ' Gulliver's Travels' are now probably better known to the public than any other of his productions.... | |
 | Henry Malden - 1838 - 528 pages
...copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted. It is a mode so distinct and peculiar, that it must be considered by itself; what is true of that is not true of anything else which he has written. In his other works is found an equable tenor of easy language,... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1838 - 538 pages
...copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted. It is a mode so distinct and peculiar, that it must be considered by itself; what is true of that is not true of anything else which he has written. In his other works is found an equable tenor of easy language,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 pages
...vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images and viva* city of diction, such as he nfterwards never possessed or never exerted. It is of a mode...by itself; what is true of that, is not true of any thine else which he has written. In his other works is found an equable tenor of easy language, which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1840 - 522 pages
...vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed, or never exerted. It is of a mode...peculiar, that it must be considered by itself; what is ;rne of that, is not true of any tiling else which he has written. In his other works is found an equable... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 716 pages
...vehemence and rapidit v of mind, a copiousness of images and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted. It is of a mode...so distinct and peculiar that it must be considered bv itself; what is true of that, is not true of any tiling else which he has written. In his other... | |
 | Theology - 1845 - 840 pages
...by him. " It exhibits," says the great critic, " a richness of mind, a copiousness of images, and a vivacity of diction, such as he afterward never possessed...considered by itself; what is true of that is not true of anything else which he has written." — I.ives of the Poets, Vol. II. p. 199. Absurd ! There never... | |
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His Tale of a Tub has little resemblance to his other pieces. It exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed, or never exerted. It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar,... 
