 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 Seiten
...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 to it ;" for, notwithstanding his constitutional indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labour in... | |
 | Huber Gray Buehler - 1900 - 308 Seiten
...would watch a mouse. 2. What is read twice is commonly better remembered than what is transcribed. A man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it. 4. A falcon, towering in her pride of place. Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed. 5. When that... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1901 - 320 Seiten
...beyond a few meagre sentences. Necessity soon made him prove the truth of the Johnsonian dictum that a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it. Latterly he could say that writing cost him nothing, and that he had merely to "unfold the book and... | |
 | Cuyler Reynolds - 1902 - 504 Seiten
...Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. BACON, Essay I. Of Studies. A man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it. BOSWELL, Life of Johnson. Ignorance makes a fastidious critic ; knowing little, little is liked. AI.LSTON.... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 Seiten
...but we turn her out of a garden. nnd. Mnch may be made of a Scotchman if he be canght young. ibid. A man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it. Vol. ir. Chap. ii. 1773. 1 Every investigation which is guided by principles of nature fixes its ultimate... | |
 | Arthur Carey, Frederic Allen Whiting, Huger Elliott, Carl Purington Rollins - 1903 - 388 Seiten
...work. CEN " 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...at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.' " — Boswell. "I 'M older 'n you, an' I 've seen things an' men, An' my experience, — tell ye wut... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 136 Seiten
...Boswell. 17 31-32. Boswell considers it a strong confirmation of the truth of Johnson's remark that " a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it," that " notwithstanding his constitutional indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labour in carrying... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1904 - 136 Seiten
...Boswell. 17 31-32. Boswell considers it a strong confirmation of the truth of Johnson's remark that " a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it," that " notwithstanding his constitutional indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labour in carrying... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 136 Seiten
...Boswell. 17 31-32. Boswell considers it a strong confirmation of the truth of Johnson's remark that " a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it," that " notwithstanding his constitutional indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labour in carrying... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 Seiten
...confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere s, that ess overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to inv ;' for, notwithstanding his constitutional indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labour in... | |
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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. 
