 | James Hogg - 1807 - 232 pages
...to sit down and write my thoughts as I found them. This is still my invariable practice in writing prose : I cannot make out one sentence by study, without...will, I compose and correct it wholly in my mind, ere ever I put pen to paper, when I write it down' as fast as the ABC. When once it is writ• ten, it... | |
 | James Hogg - 1807 - 242 pages
...to sit down and write my thoughts as I found them. This is still my invariable practice in writing prose : I cannot make out one sentence by study, without...will, I compose and correct it wholly in my mind, ere ever I put pen to paper, when I write it down as fast as the ABC. When once it is written, it remains... | |
 | 1882 - 870 pages
...everything to a retentive memory, which he had exercised when paper and leisure were scarce. He says — "Let the piece be of what length it will, I compose and correct it wholly in my mind or on a slate, ere ever I put pen to paper; and then I write it down as fast as the А В С ; " though... | |
 | James Hogg - 1821 - 436 pages
...cannot make out one sentence by study, without the pen in my hand to catch the ideas as they arise. I never write two copies of the same thing. My manner...will, I compose and correct it wholly in my mind, or on a slate, .ere ever I put pen to paper, and then I write it down as fast as the A, B, C. When... | |
 | 1821 - 970 pages
...cannot make out one sentence by study, without the pen in my hand, to catch the ideas as they arise. I never write two copies of the same thing. My manner...will, I compose and correct it wholly in my mind, or on a slate, ere ever I put pen to paper, and then I write it down as fast as the A, B, C. VVhen... | |
 | William Bengo' Collyer - 1822 - 502 pages
...cannot make out one sentence by study, without the pen in my hand, to catch the ideas as they arise. I never write two copies of the same thing. My manner...will, I compose and correct it wholly in my mind, or on a slate, ere ever I put pen to paper, and then I write it down as fast as the A, B, C. When once... | |
 | 1823 - 870 pages
...prose: I cannot make ont one sentence by stndy, withont the pen in my hand to cateh the ideas as ihey arise. I seldom, or never, write two copies of the...manner of composing poetry is very different, and, I helieve, mnch more singnlar. Let the piece he of what length it will, I compose and correct it wholly... | |
 | 1825 - 348 pages
...down and write my thoughts as 1 found them. This is still my invariable practice in writing proie : I cannot make out one sentence by study, without the...manner of composing poetry is very different, and, I helieve, mnch more singular. Let the piece he of what length it will, I compose and correct it wholly... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1831 - 620 pages
...invariable practice in writing prose. I cannot make out one sentence by study, without the pen in my band, to catch the ideas as they arise. I seldom or never...ere I put pen to paper, when I write it down as fast aa the AB C. When once it is written, it remains in that state, it being, as you very well know, with... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 618 pages
...without the pen in my bund, to catch the ideas us they arise. I seldom or never write two copies of die same thing. My manner of composing poetry is very...Let the piece be of what length it will, I compose aiid correct it wholly in my mind, ere I put pen to paper, when I write it down as fast as the AB С.... | |
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My manner of composing poetry is very different, and, I believe, much more singular. Let the piece be of what length it will, I compose and correct it wholly in my mind, or on a slate, ere ever I put pen to paper; and then I write it down as fast as the... 
