 ... 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 559redigeeritud poolt - 1800Full view - About this book
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 lehte
...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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 lehte
...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...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 - 1845 - 454 lehte
...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...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,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1849 - 348 lehte
...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. 3. Pope was not content to satisfy ; he desired to excel, and therefore always endeavored to do his... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 lehte
...when once it had passed the press, ejected it from his mind; for, when he had no pecuniary in tcrcst, he had no further solicitude. Pope was not content...reader, and expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 472 lehte
...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...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,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 lehte
...press, ejected it from his mind; for when he had no pecuniary interest, he had no further solicitnde. Pope was not content to satisfy: he desired to excel,...best: he did not court the candour, but dared the jndgment of his readers, and expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself. He examined... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 lehte
...called upon him, he poured out what the present moment happened to supply, and, when once it had passed approaching, your charms to restore, Perfumed withfreshfragrance,and...for the ravage of winter I mourn ; Kind Nature the e t» excel, and therefore always endeavoured to do hi) best : he did not court the candour, but dared... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 lehte
...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. Pope professed to have learned Ms poetry from Dryden, whom, when-ever an opportunity was presented, he praised... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 lehte
...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 no pecuniary interest, he had no further solicitnde. Pope was not content to satisfy : he desired to excel, and therefore always endeavoured... | |
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