 ... 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
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...poured out what the present moment happened to supply, and, when once it had passtd 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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 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 - 1810 - 494 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 - 1810 - 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 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 bis best;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 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 - 1810 - 464 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 furtRet solicitude. Pope was not content to satisfy,* t,e desired to excel ; and therefore always endeavoured... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 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 - 1816 - 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, 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 - 1820 - 412 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. judgment of his reader, and, expecting no indulgence from others, he shewed none to himself. He examined... | |
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