 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 페이지
...strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere,3 'H* hie labour in carrying on his Dictionary, he answered the stated calls of the press twice a week from... | |
 | 1873 - 758 페이지
...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.' " Yours, WRW I agree in the main with my illustrious contributor; but much depends upon the nature... | |
 | 1873 - 750 페이지
...composition, and how a man can write at one time and not at another. 'Nay,' said Dr. Johnson, <a innn may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it.' " Yours, \VRW I agree in the main with my illustrious contributor; but much depends upon the nature... | |
 | 1874 - 674 페이지
...scratch your head and bite your nails." ELL— XT. " He wears the rose Of youth upon him." ST-RN. • " A man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it." 2n TERM SENIOR YEAR. " He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument."... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 페이지
...wrong one.1 Ibid. An. 1770. Much may be made of a Scotchman if he be caught young. ibid. An. 1772. A man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it. Ibid. An. 1773. 1 Mr. Kremlin was distinguished for ignorance ; for he had only one idea, and that... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 페이지
...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." — Boswell. Mr. Strahan, the printer, told me that Johnson wrote "Rasselas," that with the profits... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 페이지
...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."—Boswell. Mr. Strahan, the printer, told me that Johnson wrote "Rasselas," that with the profits... | |
 | New-Hampshire Medical Society - 1883 - 414 페이지
...an unfounded supposition in many instances, for the effort has never been made. . It has been said that a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it. We all have opinions, somewhat notorious for their diversity, based upon study and experience, and... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 페이지
...Cli. 5. Much may be made of a Scotchman if he be caught young. Boswell's Lift ofJohnton. An. 1772. A man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it. • An. 1773. Let him go abroad to a distant country ; let him go to some place where he is not known.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 722 페이지
...strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere,3 that " a man may write at any time, if he will set...the stated calls of the press twice a week from the 1 I have heard Dr. Warton mention that he was at Mr. Robert Dodsley"s with the late Mr. Moore, and... | |
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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. 
