 ... 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 occasion or necessity called upon him, he poured out what the present moment happened to supply,...  The European Magazine, and London Review - Page 5311822Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...poured out what the present moment happened to supply, and, when once it had passed the press, ejected alike, yet each believes his own. 10 n poets as true genius is but rare, True taste as Pope was not content to satisfy; he desired to excel, and therefore always endeavoured to do his best;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...poured out what the present moment happened to supply, and, when once it had passed the press, ejected ld that the couplet by which he declared his own ear to be moat gratified was this: \ Lo Pope was not content to satisfy, he desired to excel ; and therefore always endeavoured to do his best... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1840 - 522 pages
...poured out what the pre> sent 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 solicitude. Pope was not content to satisfy ; he desired to excel, and therefore always endeavoured to do his best... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 pages
...present moment happened to supply, and, when once it had passed the press, ejected it from his minJ ; hy flelile »hall scnrlel reptile» airay. And rapine and pollution m Pope was not content to satisfy, he desired to excel ; and therefore always endeavoured to do his best... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...out what the present moment hap20 pened to supply, and, when once it had passed the pre'ss, ejected it from his mind ; for, when he had no pecuniary Interest he had no further solicitude. Pope was not content to sitisfy ; he desired to excdl, and therefore always endeavored to do his best... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...poured out what the present moment happened to supply, and, when once it had passed the press, ejected Pope was not content to satisfy: he desired to excel, and therefore always endeavoured to do his best... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...poured out what the present moment happened to supply, and, when once it had passed the press, ejected it be morn in the grave, to bid the slumberer awake! Farewell, thou bravest of men ! t Pope was not content to satisfy: he desired to excel, and therefore always endeavoured to do his best... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 454 pages
...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 solicitude. Pope was not content to satisfy; he desired to excel, and therefore always endeavored to do his best... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 456 pages
...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 solicitude. Pope was not content to satisfy; he desired to excel, and therefore always endeavored to do his best... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...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 solicitude. Pope was not content to satisfy : he desired to excel, and therefore always endeavoured to do his best:... | |
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