 ... 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
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1865 - 80 pages
...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 - English literature - 1865 - 784 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...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 pages
...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 - Elocution - 1866 - 618 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...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Readers - 1862 - 610 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...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 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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1850 - 492 pages
...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 pages
...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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