 | Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1878 - 1892 - 232 pages
...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... | |
 | Yale University. Sheffield Scientific School. Class of 1893 - 1893 - 168 pages
...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 - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1900 - 928 pages
...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 lo, by Miss Mulso, now Mrs Chapone; No. 30, by Mrs Catherine Talbot; No. 97, by Mr Samuel Richardson,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 556 pages
...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 - English language - 1900 - 308 pages
...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 - Authors, English - 1901 - 540 pages
...to continue it, without interruption, every Tuesday and Saturday, till Saturday the I7th of March,3 1752, on which day it closed. This is a strong confirmation...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... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1901 - 526 pages
...on the imnteenth of March. — M.] 4 Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, 3rd edit., p. z8 [Aug. 16], indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labour...received no assistance, except four billets in No. Io, by Miss Mulso, now Mrs. Chapone ; No. 30, by Mrs. Catharine Talbot ; No. 97, by Mr. Samuel Richardson,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1901 - 320 pages
...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... | |
 | Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...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... | |
 | Cuyler Reynolds - Alcoholic beverages - 1902 - 504 pages
...Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. BACON, Essay I. Of Studies. A man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it. BOSWELL, Life of Johnson. Ignorance makes a fastidious critic ; knowing little, little is liked. AI.LSTON.... | |
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Somebody talked of happy moments 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. 
