 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...  Memoirs of John Dryden - Page 201by Walter Scott - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Sir William Robertson Nicoll, Thomas Seccombe - England - 1907 - 524 pages
...every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is...esteem, we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own. Everything is excused by the play of images and the spriteliness of expression. Though all is easy,... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - Authorship - 1908 - 328 pages
...every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is 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 is feeble ; though all seems careless, there is nothing harsh ; and though... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1909 - 1112 pages
...every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid: the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is...esteem, we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own. Everything is excused by the play of images and the sprightliness of expression. Though all is easy,... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1909 - 1112 pages
...every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid: the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is...our esteem, we cannot refuse him to stand high in bis own. Everything is excused by the play of images and the sprightliness of expression. Though all... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1909 - 1122 pages
...every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid: the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is little, is gay; what is great, is splendidX He may be thought to mention himself too frequently; but while he forces himself upon our... | |
 | John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 pages
...every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid: the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is little, is gay; what is great, a splendid. He may be thought to mention himself too frequently ; but while he forces kimself upon... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 pages
...every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is...esteem, we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own. Everything is excused by the play of images and the sprightliness of expression. Though all is easy,... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 754 pages
...every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is...esteem, we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own. Everything is excused by the play of images and the sprightliness of expression. Though all is easy,... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 pages
...every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is...esteem, we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own. Everything is excused by the play of images and the sprightliness of expression. Though all is easy,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1912 - 436 pages
...every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is...esteem, we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own. Everything is excused by the play of images and the spriteliness of expression. Though all is easy,... | |
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