 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...happened to supply, and, when once it had passed the press, ejected it from his mind ; for, when lie had no pecuniary interest, he had no further solicitude....best : he did not court the candour, but dared the judgpnent of his reader, -and, expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none (o himself. He examined... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 748 pages
...truth to himself. " He laboured his works first to gain reputation, and afterwards to keep it." " He was not content to satisfy: he desired to excel, and...best: he did not court the candour, but dared the judgement of his readers ; and expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself. He examined... | |
 | English essays - 1823 - 428 pages
...truth to himself. " He laboured his works first to gain reputation, and afterwards to keep it." " He was not content to. satisfy: he desired to excel,...best: he did not court the candour, but dared the judgement of his readers ; and expecting no indulgence from others, he showed none to himself. He examined... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 410 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,...solicitude. Pope was not content to satisfy; he desired to 1 excel, and therefore always endeavoured to do his best: he did not court the candour, but dared the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 384 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,...endeavoured to do his best : he did not court the candour, hut dared the judgment of his reader, and, expecting no indulgence from others, he shewed none to himself.... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 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,...reader, and, expecting no indulgence from others, he shewed none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 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,...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 - 1825 - 520 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...was not content to satisfy ; he desired to excel, j and, therefore, always endeavoured to do his best : he did not court the candour, but dared the judgment... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1826 - 446 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,...reader, and, expecting no indulgence from others, he shewed none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched... | |
 | 1826 - 434 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,...reader, and, expecting no indulgence from others, he shewed none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched... | |
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... 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 press,... 
