...then suddenly left the university ; for what reason I know not that he told. He now (about 1744) came to London a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pockets. He designed many works ; hut his great fault was irresolution; or the frequent calls of immediate...

...left the university and threw himself upon the metropolis, "a literary adventurer," says Or Johnson, " with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket." Collins had already appeared before the public as an author. His ' Persian Eclogues ' were written...

...then suddenly left the university ; for what reason I know not that he told. He now (about 1744) came . pockets. He designed many works ; but his great fault was irresolution ; or the frequent calls of immediate...

...a reputation for " ability and indolence." He arrived in London, to use the language of Johnson, " a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket." The mode of life which he adopted was by no means calculated to carry those projects into execution....

...a reputation for " ability and indolence." He arrived in London, to use the language of Jobnson, " a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket." The mode of life which he adopted was by no means calculated to carry those projects into execution....

...then suddenly left the University ; for what reason, 1 know not that he told. 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...

...not 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...

...then suddenly left the university ; for what reason 1 know not that he told. 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...

...then suddenly left the university ; for what reason I know not that he told. He now (ahout 1744) came to London a, literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money iu his pocket. He designed many works; hut his great fault was irresolution, or the frequent calls...

...commenced in 1740, at Oxford. In 1743 or 1744 he came to London, "a literary adventurer" says Dr. Johnson, "with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket." Indolence and irresolution paralysed his eminent powers and often reduced him to a pitiable state of...