 | James Boswell - 1910 - 548 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Shafto Justin Adair Fitz-Gerald - 1910 - 284 pagina’s
...'assail, KA, By permission of David Allen &• Sons, Ltd. INTRODUCTION DR. JOHNSON very aptly said, " A man will turn over half a library to make one book." With regard to the compilation of " Dickens and the Drama," I may say that I have consulted some hundreds... | |
 | Helen Bruce Wallace - 1913 - 314 pagina’s
...exactly how she does it, that every woman — or man either — who will, may find joy in a garden too. "A man will turn over half a library, to make one book" : a woman will turn over the library, but she will also go to her friends. Eight here I would thank... | |
 | Tracy Philpot - 1913 - 326 pagina’s
...P, b2 j^ u. t- v^ <u <u."ti ou rt^J^ O.'ti.^.ti.ti 4>C « 1 Jo • ? ,1 if 5J k ft I i : i, -3 a I A man will turn over half a library to make one book. — Dr. Johnson. > Chapter 16 : . SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY. The following references are limited, first... | |
 | charles grosvenor osgood - 1917 - 606 pagina’s
...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,...man will turn over half a library to make one book.' We spoke of Rolt, to whose Dictionary of Commerce Dr. Johnson wrote the Preface. JOHNSON. 'Old Gardner... | |
 | Thomas Ernest Rankin, Wilford Merton Aikin - 1917 - 518 pagina’s
...work is illustrative of bluff old Doctor Johnson's statement that " The greater part of an author's time is spent in reading in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book." Few men have read more than Macaulay did, and perhaps no man ever had a better memory. The rest of... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pagina’s
...a book! Job. XLX. 23. 16 My desire is . . written a book. Job. XXXI. 35. . that mine adversary had mmander-vnrChief, June 16, 1775. GAMBLING (See also C SAMUEL JOHNSON — Boswctt's Lafe of Johnson. (1775) is Blest be the hour wherein I bought this book;... | |
 | 1924 - 458 pagina’s
...of Hempftede, on the Lone Island, Called Paumanok by the Red Indians, 1924. TO HWD Tj (J ,~J i «' 3 "A man will turn over half a library to make one book." — SAMUEL JOHNSON. THIS BOOK AND HOW TO USE IT This volume is the fruit of twenty years of living... | |
 | Jay Wilson Miller - 1925 - 404 pagina’s
...rise. 2. He was obliged to leave them. 3. Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. 4. A man will turn over half a library to make one book. 5. To err is human; to forgive, divine. • 6. He improved by trying to improve. 7. In order to carry... | |
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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. 
