 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1859 - 750 trang
...to Boswell is decisive. ' When a man,' he said, ' writes from his own mind, he writes very rapidly. The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading...man will turn over half a library to make one book.' If, however, he did not complete his compositions before he put them upon paper, he was gathering fresh... | |
 | Jacob Lowres - 1862 - 192 trang
...book. — Johnson. Analysis. 1. When a man writes from his own mind 2. Ue writes very rapidly : 3. The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write; 4. A man will turn over half a library to make one book. Adv. sentence to 2nd clause : time. Prin.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 trang
...probability which we discover. Providence gives the power, of which reason teaches the use. AUTHORSHIP. The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading,...man will turn over half a library to make one book. SPEAKING IN PUBLIC. We must not estimate a man's powers by his being able or not able to deliver his... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 trang
...go to the devil where he is known. Ibid. An. 1773. Was ever poet so trusted before ! Ibid. An. 1774. A man will turn over half a library to make one book. Ibid. An. 1775. Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Ibid. An. 1775. The potentiality of growing... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1871 - 368 trang
...accumulated three folio volumes of notes. "The greater part of an author's time," said Dr. Johnson, " is spent in reading in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book." Unhappily, with these riches comes the chance of being crushed by them, of which the agreeable Roman... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 trang
...write nine volumes in folio, of an ordinary size and print.' BOSWELL : ' Such as Carte's History t ' JOHNSON : 'Yes, sir, when a man writes from his own...of a perfect judge, who devoted himself entirely to his office. JOHNSON : ' Hale, sir, attended to other things besides law : he left a great estate.'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 trang
...Carte's History?" JOHNSON. " Yes, Sir. When a man writes from his own mind, he writes very rapidly.* The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading,...of a perfect Judge, who devoted himself entirely to his office. JOHNSON. " Hale, Sir, attended to other things beside law : he left a great estate." BOSWELL.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 trang
...Carte's History?" JOHNSON. " Yes, Sir. When a man writes from his own mind, he writes very rapidly." The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading,...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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 trang
...he is known. Boswell's Life of Johnson. An. 1775. Was ever poet so trusted before ! Ibid. An. 1774. A man will turn over half a library to make one book. ibid. An. 1775. Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Ibid. An. 1775. Knowledge is of two kinds.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 trang
...from his own mind, he writes very rapidly : the greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book. The great source of pleasure is variety. Uniformity must tire at last, though it be the uniformity... | |
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I once wrote for a magazine : I made a calculation, that if I should write but a page a day, at the same rate, I should, in ten years, write nine volumes in folio, of an ordinary size and print. 
