 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 142door James Boswell - 1922Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 pagina’s
...strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere,§ of firmness which he has, and might be turned out...Robert Walpole was : so that he may think it more for ¡n No. 10, by Miss Mulso, now Mrs. Chapone; No. ИО, by Mrs. Catharine Talbot ; No. !»7, by Mr.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 612 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." /. • iiii . iii Hcbrid. I here began to indulge old Scottish sentiments, and to express a warm regret,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 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 ic Ang. doggedly to it;" for, notwithstanding his consti- l773tutional indolence, his depression of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 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 IB Aug. doggedly to it ;" for, notwithstanding his consti- 1773' tutional indolence, his depression... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 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 IG Aug. doggedly to it ;" for, notwithstanding his consti- 1773tutional indolence, his depression of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 pagina’s
...composition, and how a man can write at one time, and not at another. " Nay," »*id Dr. Johnson, " a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly 2 to it" I here began to indulge old Scottish sentiment*, and to express a warm regret, that, by our... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pagina’s
...for composition, and how a man can write at one time, and not at another. " Nay," said Dr. Johnson, " mountain, which I observed resembled a cone, he corrected my a to it." I here began to indulge old Scottish sentiments, and to express a warm regret, that, by our... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 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 express a warm regret, that, by our union with... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1847 - 792 pagina’s
...writing. It cost him severe self-denial and effort to put pen to paper. Dr. Johnson used to say, a man can write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it. All that a mind like Johnson's or Foster's needed was the first dogged effort, and then the intellectual... | |
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