 | William Hayley - 1803 - 348 pagina’s
...fufficiently, as I know by experience, having tried many. But compofition, efpecially of verfe, abforbs it wholly. I write therefore generally three hours in a morning, and in an evening I tranfcribe. I read alfo, but lefs than I write, for I muft have bodily exercife, and therefore never... | |
 | 1804 - 496 pagina’s
...employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently, as I know by experience, ha\itig tried many. But composition, especially of verse,...without it. You ask me where I have been this summer. I answer, at Olncy. Should you ask me where I spent ihe last seventeen summers, I should still answer,... | |
 | 1804 - 552 pagina’s
...fufficiently, as I know by experience, having tried many. But compofition, efpecially of verle, abforbs it wholly. I write, therefore, generally three hours in a morning, and in an evening I tranfciibe. 1 read alfo, but lefs than I •write.' Vol. ip 147. In a preceding letter, he fpeaks of... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - 908 pagina’s
...necessary, and therefore take care to be constantly employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently, as I know by experience, having tried...composition, especially of verse, absorbs it wholly."* 1786. " The dew of your intelligence has refreshed my poetical laurels. A little praise now and then... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 462 pagina’s
...necessary, and therefore take care to be constantly employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently, as I know by experience, having tried...it. "... You ask me where I have been this summer. I answer, at Olney. Should you ask me where I spent the last seventeen summers, I should still answer,... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1809 - 460 pagina’s
...necessary, and therefore take care to be constantly employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently, as I know by experience, having tried...without it. You ask me where I have been this summer. I answer, at Oln.ey. Should you ask me where I spent the last seventeen summers, I should still answer,... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pagina’s
...necessary, and therefore take care to be constantly employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently ; as I know by experience, having tried...without it. You ask me where I have been this summer. I answer, at Olney. Should you ask me where I spent the last seventeen last summers, I should still answer,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 540 pagina’s
...care to be constantly employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently, as he knew by experience, having tried many. But composition, especially of verse, absorbs it wholly. It was his practice, therefore, to write generally three hours in a morning, and in an evening he transcribed.... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815 - 434 pagina’s
...necessary, and therefore take care to be constantly employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently, as I know by experience, having tried many. But composition, especially of verso, absorbs it wholly."* 1786. " The dew of your intelligence has refreshed my poetical laurels.... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pagina’s
...do not. engage the mind sufficiently, as I know by experience, having tried many. Bat cornposition, especially of verse, absorbs it wholly. I write therefore, generally, three hours in the morning, and in an evening I transcribe. I read also, but. less than I write, for I must have bodily... | |
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My dear cousin, dejection of spirits, which, I suppose, may have prevented many a man from becoming an author, made me one. I find constant employment necessary, and therefore take care to be constantly employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind... 
