The 17th of March, 1752', on which day it closed. This is a strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere 2 , that 'a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it 3 Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life (v.l, 1709-1765 - Stran 202avtor: James Boswell - 1887Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| 1917 - 1686 strani
...one's own work. We can derive some reassurance from the reflection that it was the same oracle who said that a man may write at any time if he will set himself 'doggedly to it. Another dariger confronting the writer who, determined to get away from the beaten track, develops... | |
| James Boswell - 1928 - 670 strani
...to continue it, without interruption, every Tuesday and Saturday, till Saturday the ryth of March, 3 1752, on which day it closed. This is a strong confirmation...his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere, 4 that "a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it;" for, notwithstanding his... | |
| James Boswell - 1979 - 388 strani
...was enabled to continue it, without interruption, every Tuesday and Friday, till Saturday the I7th of March, 1752, on which day it closed. This is a...strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, that 'a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it;' for, notwithstanding his... | |
| 1927 - 882 strani
...the 208 numbers which appeared, he wrote with his own hand all but half a dozen. He believed that any man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it. Most of his ' Ramblers ' were written with the printer's devil at the door, and were not read over.... | |
| 1927 - 890 strani
...the 208 numbers which appeared, he wrote with his own hand all but half a dozen. He believed that any man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it. Most of his ' Ramblers ' were written with the printer's devil at the door, a.nd were not read over.... | |
| Alvin B. Kernan - 1989 - 384 strani
...and his type locked up while waiting for the author's corrections. But while Johnson may have bragged that "a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it," accepting writing as labor, rather than the more noble activity Arendt calls "work," he always had... | |
| Peter France - 1992 - 268 strani
...speaking his own sentiments' (Life, p. 353). 2 The real man of letters can perform on any subject, and 'a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it' (Life, p. 144). The consciousness of universal literary ability went with an eye for fame and the ways... | |
| Gordon W. Green - 1993 - 196 strani
...start writing, then you will at least get something down on paper. As Samuel Johnson once remarked, “A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it.” If you start writing your term paper early enough, you will find the experience to be quite enjoyable.... | |
| Peter Martin - 1995 - 364 strani
...uncomfortable allusion to Johnson's remark that no moments of composition were ‘happier' than others and that ‘a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it.' 2 ' ‘I beg of you to comfort me', Boswell appeals, ‘instead of scolding me.' ‘I have always found... | |
| James Boswell - 1998 - 1540 strani
...continue it, without interruption, every Tuesday and Friday, till Saturday the 17th of March, l752,¿ on which day it closed. This is a strong confirmation...his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere, 4 that ‘a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it;' for, notwithstanding... | |
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