 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 - Page 117by Short memoirs - 1847 - 143 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1804 - 496 pages
...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 - 908 pages
...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 - 230 pages
...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 - 402 pages
...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 - 540 pages
...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 - 538 pages
...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 - 434 pages
...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 - 414 pages
...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 - 562 pages
...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 - 562 pages
...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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