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" I never write two copies of the same thing. 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... "
A New Biographical Dictionary, of 3000 Cotemporary Public Characters ... - Page 361
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The Investigator, Volumes 3-4

1821 - 970 pages
...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 the...pen in my hand, to catch the ideas as they arise. I never write two copies of the same thing. My manner of composing poetry is very different, and, I believe,...
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The Mountain Bard: Consisting of Legendary Ballads and Tales

James Hogg - 1821 - 436 pages
...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 the...pen in my hand to catch the ideas as they arise. I never write two copies of the same thing. My manner of composing poetry is very different, and, I believe,...
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The Investigator (or, Quarterly magazine) [ed. by W.B. Collyer, T ..., Volume 4

William Bengo' Collyer - 1822 - 502 pages
...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 the...pen in my hand, to catch the ideas as they arise. I never write two copies of the same thing. My manner of composing poetry is very different, and, I believe,...
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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 6

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1831 - 620 pages
...down, and write my thoughts as I found them. Thin is still my invariable practice in writing prose. I cannot make out one sentence by study, without the pen in my bond, to catch the ideas as they arise. I seldom or never write two copies of the same tiling. My manner...
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Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 6

Francis Lieber - 1831 - 620 pages
...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 the pen in my band, to catch the ideas as they arise. I seldom or never -write two copies of the same thing. My manner...
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The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 21

Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1832 - 648 pages
...down and wrote out my thoughts as I found them. This is still my invariable practice in writing prose. I cannot make out one sentence by study, without the pen in my hand to catch the ideas a* they arise, aud I never write two copies of the same thing. ' My manner of composing poetry is very...
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Songs

James Hogg - 1832 - 334 pages
...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 the pen in my hand to collate the ideas as they arise : I seldom or never write two copies of the same thing. My manner of...
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The Monthly Review

1832 - 652 pages
...and wrote out my thoughts as I found them. This is still my invariable practice in writing prose. F cannot make out one sentence by study, without the pen in my hand to calch the ideas as they arise, and I never write two copies of the same thing. ' My manner of composing...
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Familiar Anecdotes of Sir Walter Scott

James Hogg - 1834 - 510 pages
...down and wrote out my thoughts as I found them. This is still my invariable practice in writing prose. I cannot make out one sentence by study, without the pen in my hand to catch the ideas as they arise. My manner of composing poetry is very different, and I believe much more singular. Let the piece be...
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Familiar Anecdotes of Sir Walter Scott

James Hogg - 1834 - 266 pages
...thoughts as I found them. This is still my invariable practice in writing prose. I cannot make but one sentence by study, without the pen in my hand to catch the ideas as they arise. My manner of composing poetry is very different, and I believe much more singular. Let the piece be...
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