 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
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 566 strani
...interruption, every Tuesday and Saturday, till Saturday the 17th of March, 1752, on which day it closed. 1 This is a strong confirmation of the truth of a remark...any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it;" for, notwithstanding his constitutional indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labour in carrying... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 720 strani
...larceny by respectable householders. 318 Douijlus Jerrold: S/><'<'iiu<'ii.i nf ,l<iv«.Ws \\~it. The A man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it. 319 Johnson: Boswell's Life of Johnson. V. 40. (George Birkbeck 11 ill. K<Htnr, 1887.) An author and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1889 - 310 strani
...asserting that Friday was one of the days on which the paper was published. 8 Rainbler, No. 208. " ' man may write at any time if he will set him'"self doggedly to it.'" 1 He lefi himself no time for correction. "Almost all his Ramblers " were written (he said) just as... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 558 strani
...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 dog. gedly to it, 25. Wynne, Mrs. Glynn, sings Welsh songs to Johnson, 392. — Sir Thomas, Lord Newborough,... | |
 | Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1878 - 1892 - 232 strani
...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
...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.” 2 I here began to indulge old Scottish sentiments, and to express a warm regret, that, by our union... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 strani
...to continue it, without interruption, every Tuesday and Friday, till Saturday the I7th of March, 1 1752, on which day it closed. This is a strong confirmation...his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere," that " a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it;" for, notwithstanding his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 strani
...interruption, every Tuesday and Saturday, till Saturday, the I7th of March, 1752, on which day it closed. 32 This is a strong confirmation of the truth of a remark...his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere,\ that "a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it;" for, notwithstanding his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 556 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" I here began to indulge old Scottish sentiments, and to express a warm regret, that, by our Union with... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 526 strani
...continue it, without interruption, every Tuesday and Saturday, till Saturday the I yth 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... | |
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