 | James Boswell - 1785 - 546 Seiten
...regifter, are depofited, till the great Regifter Office be finilhed. I loved to behold Dr. Samuel Johnfon rolling about in this old magazine of antiquities....attending upon him. Somebody talked of happy moments for compofition ; and how a man can write at one time, and not at another.—" Nay (laid Dr. Johnfon) a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 Seiten
...by register, are deposited, till the great Register office be finished. I was pleased to behold Dr. Samuel Johnson rolling about in this old magazine...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,... | |
 | James Anderson - 1792 - 386 Seiten
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 Seiten
...confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere,5 that " a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it ;" for, notwithstanding his constitutional indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labour in... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 Seiten
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 Seiten
...strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere4, that 'a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it';' for, notwithstanding his constitutional indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labour in carrying... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 Seiten
...confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere, 7 that "a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it;" for, notwithstanding his constitutional indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labour in carrying... | |
 | James Boswell - 1810 - 438 Seiten
...register are deposited, till the great E . Register Office be finished. I was pleased to behold Dr. Samuel Johnson rolling about in this old magazine...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1813 - 492 Seiten
...by register, are deposited, till the great Register Office be finished. I was pleased to behold Dr. Samuel Johnson rolling about in this old magazine...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1813 - 484 Seiten
...by register, are deposited, till the great Register Office be finished. I was pleased to behold Dr. Samuel Johnson rolling about in this old magazine...moments for composition ; and how a man can write at onetime, and not at another. — " Nay, (said Dr. Johnson) a man may write at any time, if he will... | |
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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. 
