...length, and as fully as it had been expressed before, in any suitable words that should occur to me. 15 Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. The time which I devoted to these exercises, and to reading, was the evening after my day's labor was...

...each hinted sentiment at length, and as fully as it had been expressed before in any suitable wunis that should occur to me. Then I compared my Spectator...faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stuck of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired...

...thence grew more attentive to my manner of writing, and determined to endeavour to improve my style. About this time, I met with an odd volume of the Spectator....readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought 1 should have acquired before that time, if I had gone on making verses ; since the continual search...

...been expressed before, in any suitable words that should occur to me. MODE OF FORMING HIS STYLE. 23 Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them." This practice soon disclosed to him how comparatively limited was his command of language, and the...

...thence grew more attentive to my manner of writing, and determined to endeavour to improve my style. About this time, I met with an odd volume of the Spectator....using them, which I thought I should have acquired befofe that time, if I had gone on making verses ; since the continual search for words of the same...

...fully as it stood in the author, and in any suitable words that occurred to him. " I then," says he, "compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them." He felt, however, that he wanted a stock of words, or readiness in their recollection and use. He remembered...

...Spectator. I bought it, read it over and over, was much delighted with it, and wished to imitate it. I took some of the papers, and making short hints...discovered some of my faults, and corrected them." What boy of fourteen or fifteen would now, by himself, take all this pains for the improvement of his...

...book, I tried to complete the paper again, by expressing esch sentiment at length, in suitable words. Then I compared my ' Spectator' with the original,...found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in lecol- j lecting and using them. Therefore, I took some of the tales in the ' Spectator,' and turned...

...took some of the papers, and making short hints of the sentiments in each sentence, laid them by for a few days ; and then, without looking at the book,...stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and ueing them, which I thought I should have acquired before that time if I had gone on making verses...

...delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this view, I took some of the papers, and making short...my faults, and Corrected them. But I found I wanted & stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired...