...and 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 ; but his great fault was irresolution ; or the frequent calls of immediate...

...then, we find him, in 1743 or 1744, as Johnson had gone before him, and as Goldsmith soon followed, a " literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket." These words of Johnson apply equally well to any one of the illustrious trio, though it is probable...

...labour. At all events, when about the age of twenty-four, he came to London, as Johnson has it, — " a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket." Whatever little money he might have brought to town with him, was soon squandered ,- and his uncle's...

...involved in debt. On arriving in London, which was either in 1743 or 1744, he became, says Johnson,' "a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head and very little money in his pocket." Collins was not without some reputation as an author when he proposed to adopt the most uncertain and...

...at Queen's College, Oxford. About the year 1744, according to, Dr Johnson, he came up to London, " with many projects in his head and very little money in his pocket," which indeed was very much Dr Johnson's own equipment on his first appearance in the metropolis. For...

...commiseration." Collins had come to London about 1744, " a literary adventurer," as Johnson writes, " with many projects in his head and very little money in his pockets." The two met for the first time soon after, became friends, and, we may readily fancy, may...

...commiseration." Collins had come to London about 1744, " a literary adventurer," as Johnson writes, " with many projects in his head and very little money in his pockets." The two met for the first time soon after, became friends, and, we may readily fancy, may...

...at Chichester in 1790, and was educated at Oxford. 186 187 About 1744 he suddenly left Oxford, and came to London, a literary adventurer, with many projects...his head, and very little money in his pocket. He designed many works, but either had not perseverance in himself, or the frequent calls of immediate...

...his account of Collins I now gladly advert. " He came to London," says Johnson (Lives of the Poets'), "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...

...proof of his genius as a poet, and the very year of Pope's death witnessed the advent in London of " a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head and very little money in his pocket." No poets could be less indebted to their illustrious predecessors. They took an independent course,...