 It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till I had given the, last polish to my work.  The Autobiographies of Edward Gibbon - Page 316by Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 435 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 pages
...performance was enlarged, I discovered less reason to cancel or correct. It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by mv ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to suspend, the :<i tion of the pen till I had given the last... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1814 - 726 pages
...performance was enlarged, I discovered less reason to cancel or correct. It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try...Shall I add, that I never found my mind more vigorous, nor my composition more happy, than in the winter hurry of society and parliament? Had I believed that... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 pages
...performance was enlarged, I discovered less reason to cancel or correct It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try...memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till 1 had given the last polish to my work. Shall I add, that I ne ver found my mind more vigorous, nor... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pages
...performance was enlarged, I discovered less, reason to cancel or correct. It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try...Shall I add that I never found my mind more vigorous, nor my composition more happy, than in the winter hurry of society and parliament ? " Est il rien de... | |
 | 1830 - 336 pages
...performance was enlarged, I discovered less reason to cancel or correct. It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try...Shall I add that I never found my mind more vigorous, nor my composition more happy, than in the winter hurry of society and parliament ? •'• Est il... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 594 pages
...was enlarged, I discovered less reason to cancel or correct. It has always been my practice to cast i long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in mj memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last polish to my work. Shall... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 pages
...performance was enlarged, I discovered leas reason to cancel or correct. It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try...Shall I add, that I never found my mind more vigorous, nor my composition more happy, than in the winter hurry of society and parliament 2 Had I believed... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1164 pages
...performance was enlarged, I discovered leas reason to cancel or correct. It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in ray memory, but to suspend the action df the pen till I bad given the last polish to my work. Shall... | |
 | Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1839 - 496 pages
...performance was enlarged, I discovered less reason to cancel or correct. It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try...Shall I add, that I never found my mind more vigorous, nor my composition more happy, than in the winter hurry of society and parliament ? Had I believed... | |
 | Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 390 pages
...performance was enlarged, I discovered less reason to cancel or correct. It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try...Shall I add, that I never found my mind more vigorous, nor my composition more happy, than in the winter hurry of society and parliament ? Had I believed... | |
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