 ... 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 - Página 559editado por - 1800Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1865 - 80 páginas
...eyes from off his face, but wiped the foam From his pale lips, and ever on him gazed. — Byron. 12. Pope was not content to satisfy, he desired to excel;...reader; and expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself.— Johnson. B. 1. A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 páginas
...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,... | |
 | 1859 - 368 páginas
...opportunity of entering our protest against it. Let writers follow Pope. He, as Johnson well remarks, was not content to satisfy ; he desired to excel,...reader ; and expecting no indulgence from others he showed none to himsel£ Having opened our mouths, we may as well utter one more parable, and say, the... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 páginas
...happened to supply, and, when once it had passed the press, ejected it from his mind ; for, when he bad no pecuniary interest, he had no further solicitude....reader, and, expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1867 - 102 páginas
...eyes from off his face, but wiped the foam From his pale lips, and ever on him gazed. — Byron. 12. Pope was not content to satisfy, he desired to excel;...reader; and expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself. — Johnson. THE END. raiHTED BY OLIVEB AND BOYD, ED1NBUBOH. Educational Works... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 páginas
...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...pecuniary interest, he had no further solicitude. 2. Pope was not content to satisfy: he desired to excel, and, therefore, always endeavored to do his... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 páginas
...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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1850 - 492 páginas
...supply, and, when once it haul passed the press, ejected it from his mind ; for when he had no pecu niary interest he had no further solicitude. Pope was not...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 Schofield Binns - 1872 - 130 páginas
...possessive, and standf ing in the attributive relation to story ) substance. ANALYSIS OF COMPOUND SENTENCES. Pope was not content to satisfy, he desired to excel...reader ; and expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself. 43. SENTENCE. KIND OF SENTENCE PHKASE. KIND OF PHRASE. (a) Pope was) r 'repositional... | |
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