 ... nor often to mend what he must have known to be faulty. He wrote, as he tells us, with very little consideration ; when occasion or necessity called upon him, he poured out what the present moment happened to supply, and, when once it had passed the...  Lives - Page 559edited by - 1800Full view - About this book
 | Richard Greene Parker - 1857 - 152 pages
...called upon him, he poured out what the present moment happened to supply, and, when once it had passed the press, ejected it from his mind ; for when he...pecuniary interest, he had no further solicitude. 775. Pope was not content to satisfy; he desired to excel, and therefore always endeavoured to do his... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...it had passed the press, ejected it from his mind ; for when he had no pecuniary interest, he had DO further solicitude. Pope was not content to satisfy...did not court the candour, but dared the judgment of ha readers, and expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself. He examined lines and... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...called upon him, he poured out what the present moment happened to supply, and when once it had passed the press, ejected it from his mind ; for when he...reader, and expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and re1... | |
 | Robert Demaus - English literature - 1860 - 580 pages
...called upon him, he poured out what the present moment happened to supply, and when once it had passed the press, ejected it from his mind ; for when he...reader, and expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and re1... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1861 - 660 pages
...ejected it from his mind ; for when he had no pecuniary interest, he had no further solicitude. fore always endeavoured to do his best : he did not court...reader, and, expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...upon him, he poured out what the present moment happened to supply, 20 and, when once it had passed the press, ejected it from his mind ; for, when he...satisfy ; he desired to excel, and therefore always endeavored to do his best ; he did not court the candor, but dart-d the judgment of his reader, and,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...called upon him, he poured out what the present moment happened to supply, and, when once it had passed the press, ejected it from his mind; for when he had...satisfy; he desired to excel, and therefore always endeavored to do his best: he did not court the candor, but dared -the judgment of his reader, and,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1863 - 614 pages
...called upon him, he poured out what the present monlent happened to supply, and, when once it had passed the press, ejected it from his mind ; for, when he...no pecuniary interest he had no further solicitude. 4. Pope was not content to satisfy ; he desired to excel, and therefore always endeavored to do his... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...called upon him, he poured out what the present moment happened to supply, and, when once it had passed the press, ejected it from his mind ; for when he...reader, and, expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 pages
...called upon him, he poured out what the present moment happened to supply, and when once it had passed the press, ejected it from his mind ; for when he...reader, and, expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched... | |
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