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" Somebody talked of happy moments for composition, and how a man can write at one time and not at another. "Nay," said Dr Johnson, "a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it. "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Pagina 142
door James Boswell - 1922
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into ...

James Boswell - 1786 - 552 pagina’s
...for composition ; and how a man can write at one time, and not at another. ' Nay, (said Dr. Johnson,) a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly* to it.' I here began to indulge old Scottish ' sentiments, and to face upon the streets was at once remarked,...
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The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 8

James Anderson - 1792 - 386 pagina’s
...the right owner. If a single woman is li-i centious, you will rarely find her faithful in mar* riage. A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it. "fo be continued. VERSES ON HAPPINESS. Far the Bee. T. s there a man who ne'er has sorrow known, Nor...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pagina’s
...16, 1773), that when 'somebody talked of happy moments for composition,' Johnson said : — ' Nay, a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it.' Reynolds, who avowed how much he had learnt from Johnson (ante, p. 284), says much the same in his...
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1807 - 496 pagina’s
...composition ; and how a man can write at one time, and not at another. — " Nay, (said Dr. Johnson) a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly* to it." I here began to indulge old Scottish sentiments, and to express a warm regret, that, by our Union with...
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.

James Boswell - 1810 - 438 pagina’s
...composition ; and how a man can write at one time, and not at another. — " Nay (said Dr. Johnson) a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it." 1 here begun to indulge old Scottish sentiments, and to express a warm regret, that, by our Union with...
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson

James Boswell - 1813 - 492 pagina’s
...composition ; and how a man can write at one time, and not at another. — " Nay, (said Dr. Johnson) a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly* to it." I here began to indulge old Scottish sentiments, and to express a warm regret, that, by our Union with...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pagina’s
...strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere, that " a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly toit;" for, notwithstanding his coustitutional indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labour...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pagina’s
...strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere,6 that " a man may write at any time, if he will set...carrying on his Dictionary, he answered the stated calls Moore had undertaken. Garrick proposed the Sallad, which, by a curious coincidence, was afterwards...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and ...

James Boswell - 1822 - 508 pagina’s
...strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere,6 that " a man may write at any time, if he will set...carrying on his Dictionary, he answered the stated calls Moore had undertaken. Garrick proposed the Sattad, which, by a curious coincidence, was afterwards...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pagina’s
...for composition, and how a man can write at one time and not at another. " Nay," said Dr. Johnson, " a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it." Johnson told us, almost all his Ramblers were written just as they were wanted for the press ; that...
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