 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
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 428 pages
...Steele, " was particular in this writer, * Tonfon and Spence. " 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 memary, declares that he wrote very... | |
 | samuel johnson, ll.d. - 1806 - 416 pages
...when he had taken his refolution, or made " his plan for what he defigned to write, he would "•5* walk about a room, and dictate it into language "...and attend to the coherence and >";grammar of what he dictated." V ..Pope *, who can be lefs fufpected of favouring -his memory, declares that he wrote... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1809 - 384 pages
...to write, he would walk about the 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. I have been often thus employed by him ; and never took it into my head, though he only... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 pages
...designed to write, he would walk about a room, and dictate^ 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." Pope2', who can be less suspected of favouring his memory, declares that he wrote very... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 pages
...designcdto write,he would walk about a room, and dictatcit 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." Pope iť, who can be less suspected of favouring his memory, declares that he wrote very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 pages
...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 ee grammar of what he dictated." Pope *, who can be less suspected of favouring his memory, declares... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 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."... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 500 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. I... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 380 pages
...particular in this writer, that, when he had taken his resolution, or made his plan for what lie designed to write, he would walk about a room, and dictate it into language with as much freedom and ease las any one could write it down, and attend to the coherence and grammar of what he dictated."... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 488 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. I... | |
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