... Seven years, my lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to... The life of Samuel Johnson - Página 99por James Boswell - 1817Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 páginas
...verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a...acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. 4. Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water,... | |
| Robert Hall Baynes - 1870 - 682 páginas
...at the ginger-bread fabric which impudent flattery had raised over affluent and titled imbecility. " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and wheii he has reached ground encumbers him with help ? " The whole letter, indeed, is the intellectual... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 páginas
...complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour....Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron1 before. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found mm a native of... | |
| Class-book - 1869 - 344 páginas
...complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour....struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached the ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours,... | |
| English authors - 1869 - 458 páginas
...complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour....struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached the ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours,... | |
| sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 páginas
...complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour....struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached the ground, encumbers2 him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours,... | |
| Kate Sanborn - 1869 - 306 páginas
...verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a...struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached the ground, encumbers him with help?- The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors,... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1869 - 486 páginas
...of publication, without one act of assistance,5 one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. ' The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with...on a man struggling for life in the water, and when ho has reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased 4 The EngliA... | |
| Erastus Otis Haven - 1869 - 392 páginas
...favor which were not offered till he began to be popular and did not need assistance, inquires : " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern...life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encounters him with help ?" Of course Johnson does* not ask such a question for information, but intends... | |
| National Gallery (Great Britain), National Gallery (Great Britain)., Ralph Nicholson Wornum - 1869 - 204 páginas
...complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour....did not expect, for I never had a patron before." Boswell's Life of Johnson. Engraved by CW Sharpe. On canvas, 3 ft. 5| in. h. by 4 ft. 6£ in. to. *... | |
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