... 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
| William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1849 - 348 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. 3. Pope was not content to satisfy ; he desired to excel, and therefore always endeavored to do his... | |
| Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 468 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 professed to have learned Ms poetry from Dryden, whom, when-ever an opportunity was presented,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 472 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... | |
| Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 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 solicitnde. Pope was not content to satisfy: he desired to excel, and therefore always endeavoured... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 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. 4. Pope was not content to satisfy; he desired to excel, and therefore always endeavored to do his... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 344 pages
...out what tte present m.oment happened to supply, and, when once it had passed the ,,..»fess, ejected it from his mind; for, when he had no + pecuniary interest, he had no further +solicitude. * t> 3. Pope was not content to satisfy; he desired to excel, and therefore always endeavored to do... | |
| Popular educator - 1854 - 922 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 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... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 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:... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 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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