 was particular in this writer, that when he had taken his resolution or made his plan for what he designed to write, he would walk about a room and dictate it into language with as much freedom and ease as any one could write it down, and attend to the...  The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces - Page 82by Samuel Johnson - 1781Full view - About this book
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1787 - 264 pages
...than a week's time ; for this was particular in this writer, that when he had taken his refolution, or made his plan for what he defigned to write, he would walk about the room, and dictate it into language with as much freedom and cafe as any one could write it down,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 pages
...particular in this writer, * Tonfon and S pence. 7 «that, " that, when he had taken his refolution, or made " his plan for what he defigned to write,...and attend to the coherence and " grammar of what he dictated." Pope*, who can be lefs fufpected of favouring his memory, declares that he wrote very... | |
 | 1793 - 738 pages
...particular in this writer, that, when he had taken his resolution, or made his plan for what he deiigncd to write, he would walk about a room, and dictate it into language with as much freedom and cafe as any one could write it down, and attend to the coherence and grammar of what he diaatcd.' "... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1794 - 450 pages
..." This," fays Steele, " was par** ticular in this writer, that, when he had " taken his refolution, or made his plan " for what he defigned to write,...freedom and eafe " as any one could write it down, and at" tend to the coherence and grammar of " what he dictated." Pope*, who can be lefs fufpected of favouring... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 pages
...writer, that when he had taken his refolution, or made his plan for what he defigned to write, he woukl walk about a room, and dictate it into language with...down, and attend to the coherence and grammar of what he dictated." " Of the courfe of Addifon's familiar day before his marriage, Pope has given a detail.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 536 pages
...communicate. " This/' fays Steele, " was particular in this writer, " that, when he had taken his refolution, or made " his plan for what he defigned to write,...and attend to the coherence and " grammar of what he dictated." Pope *, who can be lefs fufpected of favouring his memory, declares that he wrote very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 308 pages
...This," fays Steete, «' was particular in this " writer, that, when he had taken his refolution, " or made his plan for what he defigned to write, "...as any " one could write it down, and attend to the cohe" rence and grammar of what he dictated." Pope*, who can be lefs fufpected of favouring his memory,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 pages
...Spence. " that, ?' that, when he had taken his refolution, or made *' his plan for what he deligned to write, he would " walk about a room, and dictate...and attend to the coherence and *' grammar of what he dictated." Pope *, who can be lefs fufpected of favouring his memory, declares that he wrote very... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...walk ?.bout a room, and *c dictate it into language with as much freedom and ease as any one cr.uld ** write it down, and attend to the coherence and grammar of what he dicta*c ted." Pope^*., who can be less suspected of favouring his memory, declares that he wrote... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...particular in this writer, that when he had taken his resolution, or made his plan for what he designed to write, he would walk about a room, and dictate it into language with as much freedom and ease as any one could write it down, and attend to the coherence and grammar of what he dictated."... | |
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