 | 1903 - 1188 strani
...Vol. c. ciiap. vi. 1774. Attack is the reaction. I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds. ms. A man will turn over half a library to make one book. Chap. riii. 1775. Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. chap. «. Hell is paved with good intentions.1... | |
 | John N. Crawford - 1903 - 442 strani
...inconsequential edition of an inconsequential writer with which he was not familiar. Dr. Johnson said " a man will turn over half a library to make one book." Mr. Crawford would turn over half a dozen libraries to find materials for one article. The willingness... | |
 | 1905 - 330 strani
...— SAVILLE. A man who dares waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. — DARWIN. A man will turn over half a library to make one book. — JOHNSON. A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience. — HOLMES. A noble life, crowned... | |
 | Edward Latham - 1906 - 434 strani
...(1722, p. 28) In this account the pun is stated to have been made by DAKIF.L PURCELL (c. 1660-1717.) A man will turn over half a library to make one book. DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-84) Preceded by " Yes, sir, when a man writes from his own mind, he writes... | |
 | James Boswell - 1910 - 544 strani
...his own mind, he writes very rapidly.* The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write : a man will turn over half a library...an instance of a perfect Judge, who devoted himself • Johnson certainly did, who had a mind stored with knowledge, and teeming with imagery ; but the... | |
 | Shafto Justin Adair Fitz-Gerald - 1910 - 284 strani
...'assail, KA, By permission of David Allen &• Sons, Ltd. INTRODUCTION DR. JOHNSON very aptly said, " A man will turn over half a library to make one book." With regard to the compilation of " Dickens and the Drama," I may say that I have consulted some hundreds... | |
 | Helen Bruce Wallace - 1913 - 314 strani
...exactly how she does it, that every woman — or man either — who will, may find joy in a garden too. "A man will turn over half a library, to make one book" : a woman will turn over the library, but she will also go to her friends. Eight here I would thank... | |
 | Tracy Philpot - 1913 - 326 strani
...P, b2 j^ u. t- v^ <u <u."ti ou rt^J^ O.'ti.^.ti.ti 4>C « 1 Jo • ? ,1 if 5J k ft I i : i, -3 a I A man will turn over half a library to make one book. — Dr. Johnson. > Chapter 16 : . SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY. The following references are limited, first... | |
 | Thomas Ernest Rankin, Wilford Merton Aikin - 1917 - 518 strani
...bluff old Doctor Johnson's statement that " The greater part of an author's time is spent in reading in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book." Few men have read more than Macaulay did, and perhaps no man ever had a better memory. The rest of... | |
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The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write : a man will turn over half a library to make one book. 
