 | Thomas A. Kinney - 2004 - 462 페이지
...follow page 198 Acknowledgments Samuel Johnson, that crusty old English lexicographer, once averred that "a man will turn over half a library to make one book." In the darker moments of this project I would have thought this an understatement, but, even if only... | |
 | Joan Gratto Liebler, Charles R. McConnell - 2004 - 580 페이지
...to include and what level of detail to provide. The philosopher and pundit Samuel Johnson observed, "a man will turn over half a library to make one book." We have been guided by experience gained in the classroom and in many training and development workshops... | |
 | Sally Russell - 2004 - 380 페이지
...Nelson, February 18, 1942 NOTE ON THE NOTES In mid-eighteenth century Samuel Johnson observed that a man will turn over half a library to make one book. In the early twenty-first century, an age of information overload, we have not, men or women, that... | |
 | Stephen P. Kelner - 2005 - 252 페이지
...writing. Samuel Johnson said, "The greatest part of a writer's time is spent reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book." The kind of research one likes to do, and the ability to sustain it when you need it, derive from motives.... | |
 | Anthony Slaven - 2006 - 312 페이지
...Britain. JRH Preface Writing regional economic history leads an author to agree with Dr Johnson that 'a man will turn over half a library to make one book'. In the end, however, some selection must be made. The principle followed here has been to give due... | |
 | Robert Scott Davis - 2006 - 338 페이지
...Chronicle. Washington DC The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book. — Samuel Johnson ARTICLES "A Gold Watch Presented to an Officer at Andersonville." Athens (GA) Banner,... | |
 | Larry Chang - 2006 - 826 페이지
...directly to me, some albeit in a whisper, but they are all imbued with a high degree of authenticity. A man will turn over half a library to make one book. ~ Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784 ~ In the same way that we sometimes hunger for, nay, crave, a particularly... | |
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...one. - Benjamin Disraeli The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book. - Samuel Johnson True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd... | |
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The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book. 
