 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...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,...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 Greene Parker - 1857 - 152 pages
...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,...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 - 1858 - 608 pages
...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,...mind ; for when he had no pecuniary interest, he had DO further solicitude. Pope was not content to satisfy : he desired to excel, and therefore always... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...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...expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and re1 This is fl specimen... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 pages
...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...expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and re1 This is a specimen... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1861 - 660 pages
...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,...pecuniary interest, he had no further solicitude. fore always endeavoured to do his best : he did not court the candour, but dared the judgment of his... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...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,...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,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...occasion or necessity called upon him, he poured out what the present moment happened to supply, 20 and, when once it had passed the press, ejected it...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,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 pages
...consideration : when occasion or necessity called upon him, he poured out what the present monlent happened to supply, and, when once it had passed the...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
...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,...expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched every —... | |
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... himself. He spent no time in struggles to rouse latent powers ; he never attempted to make that better which was already good, nor often to mend what he must have known to be faulty. He wrote, as he tells us, with very little consideration ; when... 
