 As soon as Macaulay had finished his rough draft, he began to fill it in at the rate of six sides of foolscap every morning; written in so large a hand, and with such a multitude of erasures, that the whole six pages were, on an average, compressed into...  The life and letters of lord Macaulay - Página 227por sir George Otto Trevelyan (2nd bart.) - 1876Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Mrs. Henry Wood, Charles William Wood - 1881 - 548 páginas
...sides of foolscap every morning ; written in so large a hand, and with such a multitude of erasures, that the whole six pages were on an average compressed...was as much as he could do at his best ; and except at his best he never would write at all." He never wrote except he was in the humour, and stopped as... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1878 - 336 páginas
...sides of foolscap every morning, written in so large a hand and with such a multitude of erasures, that the whole six pages were, on an average, compressed...except when at his best, he never would work at all. . . . " Macaulay never allowed a sentence to pass muster until it was as good as he could make it.... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1878 - 336 páginas
...sides of foolscap every morning, written in so large a hand and with such a multitude of erasures, that the whole six pages were, on an average, compressed...unless he completed it daily. More he seldom sought to accom-- plish; for he had learned by long experience that this was as much as he could do at his best;... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1878 - 570 páginas
...sides of foolscap every morning, written in so large a hand, and with such a multitude of erasures, that the whole six pages were, on an average, compressed...unless he completed it daily. More he seldom sought toaccomplish ; for he had learned by long experience that this was as much as he could do at his best;... | |
 | Luther Tracy Townsend - 1879 - 262 páginas
...sides of foolscap every morning, written in so large a hand, and with such a multitude of erasures, that the whole six pages were, on an average, compressed...except when at his best he never would work at all. . . . " Macaulay never allowed a sentence to pass muster until it was as good as he could make it.... | |
 | 1881 - 426 páginas
...sides of foolscap every morning, written in so large a hand, and with such a multitude of erasures, that the whole six pages were, on an average, compressed...his 'task,' and he was never quite easy unless he corncompled it daily. More ho seldom sought to accomplish, for he had learned by long experience that... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - 1883 - 378 páginas
...sides of foolscap every morning, written in so large a hand, and with such a multitude of erasures, that the whole six pages were, on an average, compressed...was never quite easy unless he completed it daily. ... He never allowed a sentence to pass muster until it was as good as he could make it. He thought... | |
 | 1884 - 862 páginas
...pages of foolscap written in so large a hand and with such a multitude of erasures and corrections that the whole six pages were on an average compressed into two pages of print.§ The greater need of accuracy ¡a ' Vol. i., pp. 159-61. t Vol. ii., pp. 103-4. t Vol. i., n. iSo. J... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1891 - 228 páginas
...sides of foolscap every morning; written in so large a hand, and with such a multitude of erasures, that the whole six pages were, on an average, compressed...except when at his best, he never would work at all. Macaulay never allowed a sentence to pass muster until it was as good as he could make it. lie thought... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1895 - 448 páginas
...sides of foolscap every morning, written in so large a hand and with such a multitude of erasures, that the whole six pages were, on an average, compressed...learned by long experience that this was as much as be could do at his best; and except when at his best, he never would work at all. . . . " Macaulay... | |
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