...firft chapter, and twice the fécond and third, before I was tolerably fctisfied with their eifert. In the remainder of the way I advanced with a more equal and eafy pace ; but the fifteenth and lixtecnth chapters have been reduced by three fucceffive revifals,...

...firft chapter, and twice the fecond and third, before I was tolerably fatisfied with their effeft. In the remainder of the way I advanced with a more equal and eafy pace." About this time, by the friendfliip or Mr. (now Lord) Eliot, who had married his firft...

...exercise. Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone between a dull chronicle and a rhetorical declamation : three times did I compose...third, before I was tolerably satisfied with their eifect. In the remainder of the way I advanced with a more equal and easy pace ; but the fifteenth...

...exercise. Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone between a dull chronicle and a rhetorical declamation : three times did I compose...and sixteenth chapters have been reduced, by three successive revisals, from a large volume to their present size; and they might still be compressed...

...exercise. Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone between a dull chronicle and a rhetorical declamation : three times did I compose...and sixteenth chapters have been reduced, by three successive revisals, from a large volume to their present size ; and they might still be compressed...

...of exercise. Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone between a dull tone and a be gafel witli their effect. In the remainder of the way, I advanced with a more equal and easy pace.' In 1774...

...of the narrative ; and I was often tempted to cast away the labour of seven years ;" and, again, " three times did I compose the first chapter, and twice the second and third, before I was tolerably certain of their effect." At length, in 1776, previously to which he had been returned to parliament...

...and the order of the narrative ; and I was often tempted to cast away the labour of seven years ;" " three times did I compose the first chapter, and twice the second and third, before I was tolerably certain of their effect." At length, on the 17th of February, 1776, the first volume of ' The Decline...

...exercise. Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone between a dull chronicle and a rhetorical declamation : three times did I compose...and sixteenth chapters have been reduced, by three successive revisals, from a large volume to their present size ; and they might still be compressed,...

...exercise. Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone between a dull chronicle and a rhetorical declamation : three times did I compose...and sixteenth chapters have been reduced, by three successive revisals, from a large volume to their present size ; and they might still be compressed,...