The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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... write . Yet he found it as difficult to settle down to write as ever Johnson did . He was full of ideas and projects about which he would talk with great intelligence and enthusiasm ; but when it came to setting them down on paper , he ...
... write . Yet he found it as difficult to settle down to write as ever Johnson did . He was full of ideas and projects about which he would talk with great intelligence and enthusiasm ; but when it came to setting them down on paper , he ...
Page 76
... write at any time , ' he said , ' if he will set himself doggedly to it . ' In Johnson's own opinion these essays were better than anything he had written or was yet to write . ' My other works are wine and water , ' he told an ...
... write at any time , ' he said , ' if he will set himself doggedly to it . ' In Johnson's own opinion these essays were better than anything he had written or was yet to write . ' My other works are wine and water , ' he told an ...
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... writer . He did not write - as Johnson claimed only to write - for money ; he wrote because he felt the urgent need to write . If he had nothing else to write about he would set down a memorandum for himself , reminding him to do ...
... writer . He did not write - as Johnson claimed only to write - for money ; he wrote because he felt the urgent need to write . If he had nothing else to write about he would set down a memorandum for himself , reminding him to do ...
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