 ... 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 - 559. oldalSzerkesztette: - 1800Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | George Jacob Holyoake - 1895 - 294 oldal
...are represented by pronouns (or fornouns) is shown in an admirable sentence of Dr Johnson's : — ' Pope was not content to satisfy ; he desired to excel,...not court the candour, but dared the judgment of his reason, and expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself.' Without the employment... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hepburn Millar - 1896 - 316 oldal
...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 no pecuniary interest, he had no further ;Pope was not content to satisfy—he desired to excel, and herefore always endeavoured to do his best;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 228 oldal
...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...best ; he did not court the candour, but dared the judgement of his reader, and, expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself. He examined... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 236 oldal
...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...best; he did not court the candour, but dared the judgement of his reader, and, expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself. He examined... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 454 oldal
...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 expecting... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1901 - 206 oldal
...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...therefore always endeavoured to do his best : he did court the candour, but dared the judgment of his reader, and, expecting no indulgence from others,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 oldal
...probably have brought it ' Ante, DRYDEN, 201, 228. to its perfection, had not he been once it had passed the press, ejected it from his mind ; for when he...not content to satisfy ; he desired to excel, and 305 therefore always endeavoured to do his best: he did not court the candour, but dared the judgement... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey - 1909 - 694 oldal
...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...best: he did not court the candour, but dared the judgement of his reader, and, expecting no indulgence from others, he shewed none to himself. He examined... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 oldal
...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...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,... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 oldal
...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...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,... | |
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