...pretty numerous circle of us attending upon him. Somebody talked of happy moments for compofition ; and how a man can write at one time, and not at another.—" Nay (laid Dr. Johnfon) a man may write at any time, if he will fet himfelf doggedly to it." I here began...

...pretty numerous circle of us attending upon him. Somebody talked of happy momenta for cbmpofition ; and how a man can write at one time, and not at another.—" Nay (faid Dr. Johnfon) a man may write at any time, if he will fet himfelf doggedly to it." I here began...

...magazine of antiquities. There was, by this time, a pretty numerous circle of us attending upon him. Somebody talked of happy moments for composition ;...any time, if he will set himself doggedly* to it.' I here began to indulge old Scottish ' sentiments, and to face upon the streets was at once remarked,...

...the right owner. If a single woman is li-i centious, you will rarely find her faithful in mar* riage. A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it. "fo be continued. VERSES ON HAPPINESS. Far the Bee. T. s there a man who ne'er has sorrow known, Nor...

...strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere4, that 'a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it';' for, notwithstanding his constitutional indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labour in carrying...

...confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere,5 that " a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it ;" for, notwithstanding his constitutional indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labour in...

...16, 1773), that when 'somebody talked of happy moments for composition,' Johnson said : — ' Nay, a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it.' Reynolds, who avowed how much he had learnt from Johnson (ante, p. 284), says much the same in his...

...magazine of antiquities. There was, by this time, a pretty numerous circle of us attending upon him. Somebody talked of happy moments for composition ;...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...

...confirmation of the truth of a remark of his, which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere, 7 that "a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it;" for, notwithstanding his constitutional indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labour in carrying...

...magazine of antiquities. There was, by this time, a pretty numerous circle of us attending upon him. Somebody talked of happy moments for composition ;...any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it." 1 here begun to indulge old Scottish sentiments, and to express a warm regret, that, by our Union with...