 No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater distance from each other. His thoughts are natural, and his style has a smooth and placid equability, which has never yet obtained its due commendation. Nothing is far-sought, or hard-laboured ;...  Johnsonian Miscellanies - Page 448edited by - 1897Full view - About this book
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pages
...and the same ; he does not exhibit a second time the same elegancies in the same form, nor appears to have any art other than that of expressing with clearness what he thinks with vigour. His style could not easily be imitated, either seriously or ludicrously ; for,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 622 pages
...and the same ; he does not exhibit a second time the same elegancies in the same form, nor appears to have any art other than that of expressing with clearness what he thinks with vigour. His style could not easily be imitateld, either seriously or ludicrously ; for,... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 614 pages
...and the same ; he does not exhibit a second time the same elegancies in the.same form, nor appears to have any art other than that of expressing with clearness what he thinks with vigour. His style coujd not easily be imitated, either seriously or ludicrously ; for,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...could draw from it any suspicion of his excellence in poetry, may be Applied to these compositions. No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater...distance from each other. His thoughts are natural, and hisstyle has a smooth and placid equability, which has never yet obtained its due commendation. Nothing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...could draw from it any suspicion of his excellence in poetry, may be applied to these compositions. No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater...placid equability, which has never yet obtained its due commendation. Nothing is far sought, or hard laboured, but all is easy without feebleness, and... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 pages
...could draw from it any suspicion of his excellence in poetry, may be applied to these compositions. No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater...placid equability, which has never yet obtained its due commendation. Nothing is far-sought, or hard-laboured ; but all is easy without feebleness, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 pages
...could draw from it any suspicion of his excellence in poetry, may be applied to these compositions. No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater...placid equability, which has never yet obtained its due commendation. Nothing is far-sought, or hardlaboured ; but all is easy without feebleness, and... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...Johnson's character of his prose style merits quotation : " No author (says lie) ever kept his verse and prose at a greater distance from each other. His thoughts...placid equability, which has never yet obtained its dug commendation. Nothing is far-sought, or hard-laboured, but all is easy without feebleness, and... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 pages
...another and the same. He does not exhibit a second time the same elegancies in the same form, nor appears to have any art other than that of expressing with clearness what he thinks with vigour. His style could not easily be imitated, either seriously or ludicrously ; for,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pages
...could draw from it any suspicion of his excellence in poetry, may be applied to these compositions. No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater...placid equability, which has never yet obtained its due commendation. Nothing is far-sought, or hard-laboured ; but all is easy without feebleness, and... | |
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