 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,...  The Literary Magazine, and American Register - Side 1381804Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Robert Benton Seeley - 1855 - 294 sider
...engage the mind sufficiently, as I know by experience, having tried many. But composition, cspecially of verse, absorbs it wholly. I write, therefore, generally,...ask me where I have been this summer. I answer, at Olney. Should you ask me where I spent the last seventeen summers, I should still answer, at Olney.... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1856 - 794 sider
...sufficiently, as I know by experience, having tned many. But composition, especially of verse, absorbs il wholly. I write, therefore, generally three hours...evening I transcribe. I read also, but less than I write — Vol. ip 147. There is another passage in which he talks of his performance in BO light and easy... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1858 - 740 sider
...constantly employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently, as I know by experience, having tried many. But composition, especially of verse,...hours in a morning, and in an evening I transcribe. 1 read also, but less than I write, for I must have Inn lily exercise, and therefore never pass a day... | |
 | 1860 - 784 sider
...em ployed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently, as I know by experience, having st what they ever were. They wear perhaps a handsomer...in the days of yore, for philosophy and literature 1 read also, but less than I write, for I must have bodily exercise, and therefore never pass a day... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1864 - 784 sider
...employed. — Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently, as I know by experience, having ts of genius, polity, and art. The difference in our social and moral condition, it would on evening I transcribe. I read also, but less than I write." — Vol. ip 147. There is another passage... | |
 | Thomas Crampton - 1868 - 136 sider
...employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently ; as I know by experience, having tried many. But composition, especially of verse, absorbs it wholly. I write therefore, generally, about three hours in the morning ; and in the evening I transcribe. I read also, but less than I write... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1873 - 798 sider
...many. But composition, especially of verse, absorbs it wholly. I write, therefore, generally thrco hours in a morning, and in an evening I transcribe. I read also, but less limn I write. — Vol. I p. 147. There is another passage in which he talks of his performance in so... | |
 | William Cowper - 1877 - 462 sider
...constantly employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently, as I know by experience, having tried many ; but composition, especially of verse,...wholly. I write, therefore, generally, three hours in the morning, and in an evening I transcribe. I read also, but lees than I write ; for I must nave bodily... | |
 | William Cowper - 1884 - 356 sider
...constantly employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently, as I know by experience, having tried many. But composition, especially of verse,...ask me where I have been this summer. I answer, at Olney. Should you ask me where I spent the last seventeen summers, I should still answer at Olney.... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer - 1889 - 358 sider
...Manual engagements do not engage the mind sufficiently, as I know by experience, having tried many. I write, therefore, generally three hours in a morning, and, in an evening, I transcribe." But, without entering more minutely into tho poet's sufferings, we can only sum up his life as a prey... | |
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