 | James Boswell - 1785 - 546 pages
...them with great fmcerity, that nobody who does not rife early will ever do any good. Only confider ! You read a book ; you are convinced by it ; you do not know the author. Suppofc you afterwards know him, and find thai: he does not practice what he teaches ; are... | |
 | James Boswell - 1785 - 548 pages
...be his practice what it will. No man practifes fo well as he writes. I have, all my life long, been lying till noon ; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great fincerity, that nobody who does not rife early will ever do any good. Only confider ! You read a book... | |
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 pages
...be his practice what it will. No man practises so well as he writes. I have, all my life long, been lying till noon' ; yet I tell all young men, and tell...convinced by it ; you do not know the authour. Suppose you aftenvards know him, and find that he does not practise what he teaches ; are you to give up your former... | |
 | James Boswell - 1813 - 492 pages
...be his practice what it will. No man practises so well as he writes. I have, all my life long, been lying till noon ; yet I tell all young men, and tell...book ; you are convinced by it ; you do not know the author. Suppose you afterwards know him, and find that he does not practise what he teaches; are you... | |
 | James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 pages
...man practises so well as he writes. I have, all my life long, been lying till noon; yet I tell ail young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that...convinced by it; you do not know the authour. Suppose you ailerwards know him, and find that he does not practise what he teaches ; are you to give up your former... | |
 | 1841 - 780 pages
...the advice they offered to others. Johnson told Lady Macleod that he had all his life been lying abed till noon. " Yet I tell all young men, and tell them...nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good." In his Diary, April 1765, he confesses that he was accustomed to lie a-bed until two o'clock ; and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 pages
...be his practice what it will. No man practises so well as he writes. I have, all my life long, been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell...convinced by it; you do not know the authour. Suppose yon afterwards know him, and find that he does not practise what he teaches : are you to give up your... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 pages
...be his practice what it will. No man practises so well as he writes. I have, all my life long, been author. Suppose you afterwards know him, and find that he does not practise what he teaches ; are you... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1849 - 256 pages
...The other coincidence was in panegyrics of early rising : " I tell all young people," wrote Johnson, "and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good." Meanwhile, in his diary, April, 1 765, he confesses a general habit of lying in bed until two o'clock... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1858 - 236 pages
...other coincidence was in panegyrics of early rising : •" I tell all young people," wrote Johnson, " and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good." Meanwhile, in his diary, April, 1765, he confesses a general habit of lying in bed until two o'clock... | |
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I have all my life long been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good. 
