 | 1897 - 520 страници
...sufficient mental fixity or moral force to carry out. " He now, about 1744," writes Johnson, " came to London a literary adventurer with many projects...in his head and very little money in his pocket. He designed many works, but his great fault was irresolution ; or the frequent calls of immediate necessity... | |
 | William Collins - 1898 - 234 страници
...attention of the great world, by means of whom he was to make his fortune." Johnson adds that he had " many projects in his head and very little money in his pocket." He was soon to learn that the Muse was a poor paymistress. Meanwhile he was not wholly without the means... | |
 | William Collins - 1898 - 236 страници
...attention of the great world, by means of whom he was to make his fortune." Johnson adds that he had " many projects in his head and very little money in his pocket." He was soon to learn that the Muse was a poor paymistress. Meanwhile he was not wholly without the means... | |
 | William Collins - 1898 - 234 страници
...attention of the great world, by means of whom he was to make his fortune." Johnson adds that he had " many projects in his head and very little money in his pocket." He was soon to learn that the Muse was a poor paymistress. Meanwhile he was not wholly without the means... | |
 | John N. Crawford - 1903 - 442 страници
...against himself and the public refused to listen to him. In 1744 he went to London, as Johnson says, " a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket." The brief biography of him in " The Lives of the Poets " is pathetic and full of sympathy, for Johnson... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1904 - 452 страници
...in criticism, but also the contrast between his earlier and later manner : He now (about 1744) came to London a literary adventurer, ,with many projects...his head, and very little money in his pocket. He designed many works ; but his great fault was irresolution ; or the frequent calls of immediate necessity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 страници
...studies and discipline, and was always He now (about 1744) came to London a literary adventurer, 4 with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket '. He designed many works, but his great fault was irresolution, or the frequent calls of immediate necessity... | |
 | Johnson Club (London, England) - 1920 - 246 страници
...degree of want by which the freedom of agency is almost destroyed." 4 " Collins," writes Johnson, " came to London a literary adventurer, with many projects...in his head and very little money in his pocket. He designed many works, but his great fault was irresolution, or the frequent calls of immediate necessity... | |
 | Johnson Club (London, England) - 1920 - 248 страници
...degree of want by which the freedom of agency is almost destroyed." 4 " Collins," writes Johnson, " came to London a literary adventurer, with many projects...in his head and very little money in his pocket. He designed many works, but his great fault was irresolution, or the frequent calls of immediate necessity... | |
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1124 страници
...astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight. Lives of the Poets 262 William Collins HE now (about 1744) came to London a literary adventurer, with many projects...his head, and very little money in his pocket. He designed many works, but his great fault was irresolution, or the frequent calls of immediate necessity... | |
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He now (about 1744) came to London a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket. 
