...strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere, that "a man may write at any time, if he will set...constitutional indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labor in carrying on his Dictionary, he answered the stated calls of the press twice a week from the...

...strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere, that "a man may write at any time, if he will set...constitutional indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labor in carrying on his Dictionary, he answered the stated calls of the press twice a week from the...

...strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere, that "a man may write at any time, if he will set...constitutional indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labor in carrying on his Dictionary, he answered the stated calls of the press twice a week from the...

...might conjure an awe-inspiring composition from the shadowy realms of thought. Boswell has said, " A man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly at it." The method of producing compositions which was prescribed by poor, patient, dogged Boswell...

...moments for composition ; and how a man can write at one tune, and not another. ' Nay (said Dr. Johnson), a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it.' I there began to indulge old Scottish sentiments, and to express a warm regret, that, by our Union...

...each coach (at Garrick's funeral) ? " " Madam, there were no more six horses than six Phoenixes." " A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it," said Johnson. Of Beauclerk, " No man was ever so free, when he was going to say a good thing, from...

...by the premises on the following page, and show in each case whether you have proved too much : 1. A man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it. I am a man, therefore . . . 2. All rivers run downhill. Although this river seems to flow uphill ....

...strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere, that "a man may write at any time, if he will set...constitutional indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labor in carrying on his Dictionary, he answered the stated calls of the press twice a week from the...

...und Reynolds stimmte ihm bei.93) Während aber Johnson einerseits noch so bestimmt behauptet, daß a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it,94) schreibt er dqch95) im Jahre 1781 mit Bedauern: I thought myself above assistance or obstruction...

...strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere, that 'a man may write at any time, if he will set...from the stores of his mind, during all that time. Posterity will be astonished when they are told, upon the authority of Johnson himself, that many of...