 Cousin, dejection of spirits, which, I suppose, may have prevented many a man from becoming an author, made me one. I find constant employment necessary, and therefore take care to be constantly employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently,...  Short memoirs of eminent men - Strana 117podľa Short memoirs - 1847 - Počet stránok 143Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1804 - Počet stránok 496
...upon that head. My dear cousin, dejection of spirits, which I suppose may have prevented many a man from becoming an author, made me one. ' I find constant...engage the mind sufficiently, as I know by experience, ha\itig tried many. But composition, especially of verse, absorbs it wholly. I write therefore generally... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - Počet stránok 908
...190. t ft. p. 19. 1785. 1785. '• Dejection of spirit?, which I suppose may have prevented many a man from becoming an author, made me one. I find constant...composition, especially of verse, absorbs it wholly."* 1786. " The dew of your intelligence has refreshed my poetical laurels. A little praise now and then... | |
 | William Hayley - 1805 - Počet stránok 230
...upon that head. My dear Cousin, dejection of spirits, which I suppose may have prevented many a man from becoming an Author, made me one. I find constant...employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind 4 sufficiently, as I know by experience, having tried many : but composition, especially of verse,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Počet stránok 402
...шалy a man from becoming an author, made him one. He found employment necessary, and therefore look care to be constantly employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sumaeoih, as he knew-by experience, having tried many. But composition, especially of vепе, absorbs... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - Počet stránok 540
...many a man from becoming an author, made him one. He found employment necessary, and therefore took care to be constantly employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently, as he knew by experience, having tried many. But composition, especially of verse, absorbs it wholly.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - Počet stránok 538
...many a man from becoming an author, made him one. He found employment necessary, and therefore took care to be constantly employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently, as he knew by experience, having tried many. Bat composition, especially of verse, absorbs it wholly.... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815 - Počet stránok 434
...last." t 1785. " Dejection of spirits, which I suppose may have prevented many a man from becoming so an author, made me one. I find constant employment...having tried many. But composition, especially of verso, absorbs it wholly."* 1786. " The dew of your intelligence has refreshed my poetical laurels.... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - Počet stránok 414
...have prevented many a man from becoming an author, made me one. I. find constant employment neressary, and, therefore, take care to be constantly employed....sufficiently, as I know by experience, having tried many. Bat cornposition, especially of verse, absorbs it wholly. I write therefore, generally, three hours... | |
 | William Andrew Mitchell - 1820 - Počet stránok 562
...the cause of his poetry. " Dejection of spirits, ** which I suppose may have prevented many " a man from becoming an author, made me " one. I find constant employment necessary, " and therefore I take care to be constantly " employed."* • Armstrong and Mickle both lived on the banks of the... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - Počet stránok 562
...many a man from becoming an author, made him one. He found employment necessary, and therefore took care to be constantly employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently, as he knew by experience, having' tried many'. But composition, especially of verse, absorbs it wholly.... | |
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