 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
 | 1847 - 598 strani
...writing. It cost him severe self-denial and effort to put pen to paper. Dr. Johnson used to say, a man can write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it. All that a mind like Johnson's or Foster's needed was the first dogged effort, and then the intellectual... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1847 - 792 strani
...writing. It cost him severe self-denial and effort to put pen to paper. Dr. Johnson used to say, a man can write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it. All that a mind like Johnson's or Foster's needed was the first dogged effort, and then the intellectual... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 strani
...continue it, without interruption, everv Tuesday and Saturday, till Saturday the 17lh ' of Mai-eli, 1752, on which day it closed. This is a strong confirmation...his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere [Aug. Hi. 1773], that " a man may write at any timo, if lie will set hiti' llv to it ;" for, notwithstanding... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 strani
...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." Johnson told us, almost all his Ramblers were written just as they were wanted for the press ; that... | |
 | James Boswell, John Wilson Croker - 1851 - 940 strani
...without interruption, every Tuesday and Saturday, till Saturday the 17th ' of March, 1752, on which «lay it closed. This is a strong confirmation of the truth...his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere [Aug. 16. 1773], iliat " a man may write at any time, if he will м-: himself doggedly to it ;" for,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852 - 412 strani
...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." There is a Eupham Macallan, or Macalzean, well known in Scotch history, who was burned as a witch in... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1854 - 732 strani
...mecha' nical. Such attainments can only be reached by the most determined disciple of perseverance. “A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it;” was Johnson's own saying, but he could not have verified it, unless his mind, by assiduous application,... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1856 - 304 strani
...mechanical. Such attainments can only be reached by the most determined desciple of perseverance. " A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it," was Johnson's own saying ; but he could not have verified it, unless his mind, by assiduous application,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 strani
...author was enabled to continue it, without interruption, every Tuesday and Saturday, till Saturday the 17th ' of March, 1752, on which day it closed....his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere [Aug. 16. 1773], that " a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it ;" for,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 strani
...author was enabled to continue it, without interruption, every Tuesday and Saturday, till Saturday the 17th ' of March, 1752, on which day it closed....confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I hnve had occasion to quote elsewhere [Aug. 16. 1773], that " a man may write at any time, if he will... | |
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