 | Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1878 - 1892 - 232 σελίδες
...The Secretary asks for ' the titles of any books or pamphlets written, and a description of them.' ' A man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it,' says Johnson, — but to publish . . . that is altogether another thing. Here I have ' a trunkfull... | |
 | JAMES BOSWELL - 1892
...Wives, two allowed to the Landgrave of Hesse, 182. Worthington, Dr., a Welsh clergyman, 386. Writing, a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it, 25. Wynne, Mrs. Glvnn, sings Welsh songs to Johnson, 392. Sir Thomas, Lord Newborough, 3S9 n. Yesterday.... | |
 | 1893 - 168 σελίδες
...search of true literary genius must pass quickly on to other writings. Dr. Jonson very truly remarks, " A man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it." Hence, in seeking the literary ability of any set of writers the quality only, and not the quantity,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 σελίδες
...strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere, \ entleman proposed after you, was rejected. I thank...but wish he were not so fine. I will take care of ; having received no assistance, except four billets in No. lo, by Miss Mulso, now Mrs Chapone; No.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 σελίδες
...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...from the stores of his mind, during all that time having received no assistance, except four billets in No. 10 by Miss Mulso, now Mrs. Chapone; No. 30,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 556 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Huber Gray Buehler - 1900 - 308 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 540 σελίδες
...strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere,4 that " a man may write at any time, if he will set...doggedly to it;" for, notwithstanding his constitutional 1 I have heard Dr. Warton mention, that he was at Mr. Robert Dodsley's with the late Mr. Moore, and... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1901 - 320 σελίδες
...get 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... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 σελίδες
...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... | |
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This is a strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere P, that " a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it... 
