 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 oldal
...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 oldal
...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 oldal
...Carte's History t ' JOHNSON : 'Yes, sir, when a man writes from his own mind, he writes very rapidly.1 The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading,...office. JOHNSON : ' Hale, sir, attended to other things besides law : he left a great estate.' BosWKLL : ' That was because what he got accumulated without... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 oldal
...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,...other things beside law : he left a great estate." BOSWELL. " That was, because what he got, accumulated without any exertion and anxiety on his part."... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 oldal
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 oldal
...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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 oldal
...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.... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 334 oldal
...indulgence from them. — Chesterfield. When a man 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. — Johnson. I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide ; for the man is efficiently destroyed, though... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 oldal
...before ? An. 1774. Attack is the reaction ; I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds. Ibid. A man will turn over half a library to make one book. An. 1775. Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Ibid. Hell is paved with good intentions.1... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 634 oldal
...Carte's History ?'" JOHNSON. " Yes, Sir; when a man writes from his own mind, he writes very rapidly. 1 The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading,...office. JOHNSON. " Hale, Sir, attended to other things besides law; he left a great estate." BOSWELL. "That was because what he got accumulated without any... | |
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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. 
