Well-I had a letter from her the other day, full of compunction and ejaculation, and declaring the fact that Mr. Burges had been correcting all the proofs of the poems; leaving out and Emending generally, according to his own particular idea of the pattern in the mount-is it not amusing?
"The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846"
Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
And, in truth, it is because of this lack of consideration that we are able to use them without noticing their absurdities and without therefore feeling the necessity of Emending our ways.
"The Reform of Education"
Giovanni Gentile
I kept it for a year, closely filing, polishing, and Emending it until one would have thought it final, and even then I continued to develop and to mould it.
"On Nothing & Kindred Subjects"
Hilaire Belloc