Samuel Johnson Quote

Composition is for the most part an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and from which the attention is every moment starting to more delightful amusements.


The Works: Together With His Life, And Notes On His Life Of The Poets (ed. 1787)


Composition is for the most part an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and...

Composition is for the most part an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and...

Composition is for the most part an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and...

Composition is for the most part an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and...