 Whenever I read a book or a passage that particularly pleased me, in which a thing was said or an effect rendered with propriety, in which there was either some conspicuous force or some happy distinction in the style, I must sit down at once and set...  Lord Rosebery, His Life and Speeches - Page 1008by Thomas F. G. Coates - 1900Full view - About this book
 | 1915 - 826 pages
...Dodger did when he was on the " kinchin lay" : — • '' Whenever I read a book or a passage that particularly pleased me, in which a thing was said...always unsuccessful ; but at least in these vain bouts, 1 got some practice in rhythm, in harmony, in construction, and the co-ordination of parts. I have... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1888 - 612 pages
...that too) as that I had vowed that I would learn to write. Whenever I read a book or a passage that particularly pleased me, in which a thing was said...effect rendered with propriety, in which there was some conspicuous force or some happy distinction in the style, I must sit down at once and set myself... | |
 | American fiction - 1910 - 546 pages
...proficiency that tempted me; and I practiced to acquire it. ... Whenever I read a book or a passage that particularly pleased me, in which a thing was said...; and tried again, and was again unsuccessful, and was always unsuccessful ; but at least in these vain bouts, I got some practice in rhythm, and harmony,... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - English language - 1895 - 448 pages
...there was certainly more effort, in my secret labors at home. Whenever I read a book or a passage that particularly pleased me, in which a thing was said...always unsuccessful; but, at least, in these vain bouts 1 got some practice in rhythm, in harmony, in construction, and the co-ordination of parts. " That,... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, William Ernest Henley - 1895 - 380 pages
...there was certainly more effort, in my secret labours at home. Whenever I read a book or a passage that particularly pleased me, in which a thing was said...always unsuccessful; but at least in these vain bouts, 1 got some practice in rhythm, in harmony, in construction and the co-ordination of parts. I have thus... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - English language - 1895 - 452 pages
...there was certainly more effort, in my secret labors at home. Whenever I read a book or a passage that particularly pleased me, in which a thing was said...conspicuous force or some happy distinction in the style, [ must sit down at once and set myself to ape that quality. I was -insuccessful, and I knew it; and... | |
 | William Henry Rideing - Authors, American - 1897 - 398 pages
...that too) as I had vowed that I would learn to write. . . . Whenever I read a book or a passage that particularly pleased me, in which a thing was said...some happy distinction in the style, I must sit down myself and ape that quality. I was unsuccessful, and I knew it, and tried again, and was again unsuccessful... | |
 | Richard D. Graham - Authors, English - 1897 - 512 pages
...His home exercises were conceived with the same intent. ' Whenever I read a book or a passage that particularly pleased me, in which a thing was said...rendered with propriety, in which there was either conspicuous force or some happy distinction in the style, I must sit down at once and set myself to... | |
 | Robert Herrick, Lindsay Todd Damon - English language - 1899 - 484 pages
...there was certainly more effort, in my secret labors at home. Whenever I read a book or a passage that particularly pleased me, in which a thing was said...down at once and set myself to ape that quality.— STBVENSON : A College Magazine. 2. Then, secondly, I said, you are not to be cruel. Perhaps you think... | |
 | Sir Graham Balfour - Authors, Scottish - 1901 - 282 pages
...there was certainly more effort, in my secret labours at home. Whenever I read a book or a passage that particularly pleased me, in which a thing was said...always unsuccessful; but at least in these vain bouts l got some practice iq rhythm, in harmony, in construction and the co-ordination of parts. " I have... | |
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