 | 1805 - 948 pages
...-Latin exercise, tor the better. To touch and re- by the number ot translations Л touch is, though some writers boast of negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul copies, the secret of almost all good writing, especially in verse. I am •never weary of it myself, and it... | |
 | 1804 - 452 pages
...and laziness is never admitted as an available excuse in any thing. To touch and retouch is (though some writers boast of negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul copies) the secret of almost all good writings, especially in verse. A letter may be written upon any thing... | |
 | James Beattie, Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1805 - 190 pages
...satisfactory manner. Asa poet, it must be confessed that Dr. Beattie came slowly into the world ; he did not astonish in his days of childhood and ignorance,...others would be ashamed to show their foul copies, u the secret of almost all good writing, especially in verse." Dr. Bealtie was a poet without self-love... | |
 | 1805 - 498 pages
...and laziness is never admitted as an available excuse in any thing. To touch and retouch is, though some writers boast of negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul copies, the secret of almost all good writing, especially in verse." Life of Cowper. Vol. III. p. 39. The Essays... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1805 - 500 pages
...improve uIxin my improvement, and alter my alterations for the better. To touch and retouch is, though some writers boast of negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul copies, the secret of almost all good writing, especially in verse. I am never weary of it myself, and if you... | |
 | 1806 - 600 pages
...attainment. The labor lima; must not be spared; and Cowper justly remarks, that " to touch and retouch, although some writers boast of negligence and others...copies, is the secret of almost all good writing." In 1755 our author proceeded to take the degree of MA and in 1759 he attempted the Seatonian Prize,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 394 pages
...improve upon my improvement, and alter my alterations for the better. To touch, and retouch, is, though some writers boast of negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul copies, the secret of almost all good writing, especially in verse. I am never weary of it myself, and if you... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 404 pages
...improve upon my improvement, and alter my alterations for the better. To touch, and retouch, is, though some writers boast of negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul copies, the secret of almost all good writing, especially in verse. I am never weary of it myself, and if you... | |
 | James Beattie, Alexander Chalmers - Poets, Scottish - 1811 - 308 pages
...satisfactory manner. As a poet, it must be confessed, that Dr. Beattie came slowly into the world; he did not astonish in his days of childhood and ignorance,...of almost all good writing, especially in verse." Dr. Beattie was a poet without self-love and without conceit, and his fame might be safely trusted... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1817 - 324 pages
...improve upon my improvement, and alter my alterations for the better. To touch and retouch is, though some writers boast of negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul copies, the secret of almost all good writing, especially in verse. I am never weary of it myself; and if you... | |
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To touch and retouch is, though some writers boast of negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul copies, the secret of almost all good writing, especially in verse. I am never weary of it myself... 
