 I could say nothing but that I had a brother there, a clergyman, that stood in need of help; as for myself, I have no dependence on the promises of great men; I look to the booksellers for support, they are my best friends, and I am not inclined to forsake...  The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany - Stran 2061787Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Sir John Hawkins - 1787 - 634 strani
...great men : I look to the bookfellers for fupport; c they are my beft friends, and I am not inclined to ' forfake them for others.' Thus did this idiot...fortunes, and put back the hand that was held out to affift him ! Other offers of a like kind he either rejected or failed to improve, contenting himfelf... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 642 strani
...great men : I look to the bookfcllers for fupport; ' they are my beft friends, and I am not inclined to ' forfake them for others.' Thus did this idiot...fortunes) and put back the hand that was held out to afTift him ! Other offers of a like kind he either rejected or failed to improve, contenting himfelf... | |
 | John Hawkins - 1787 - 636 strani
...great men: I look to the bookfellers for fupport; ' they are my beft friends, and I am not inclined to ' forfake them for others/ Thus did this idiot,...fortunes, and put back the hand that was held out to affifl him! Other offers of a like kind he cither rejected or failed to improve, contenting himfelf... | |
 | John Hawkins - 1787 - 632 strani
...look to the bookfellers for fupport; ' they are my beft friends, and I am not inclined to 1 forfoke them for others.' Thus did this idiot in the affairs...fortunes, and put back the hand .that was held out to affift him ! Other offers of a like kind he either rejected or failed to improve, contenting himfelf... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 640 strani
...look to the bookfellers for fupport; ' they are my beft friends, and I am not inclined to ' forfakc them for others.' Thus did this idiot in the affairs...fortunes, and put back the hand that was held out to affift him ! Other offers of a like kind he either rejected or failed to improve, contenting himfelf... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1801 - 424 strani
...with an unbecoming afperity, which the occafion neither demanded nor could juftify, goes on. to fay, ' Thus did this idiot in the affairs of the world trifle with his fortunes, and put back the hand f 1 that that was held out to affift him ! Other offers of a like kind he either rejected or failed... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 304 strani
...with an unbecoming asperity, which the occasion neither demanded nor could justify, goes on to say, " Thus did this idiot in the affairs of the world trifle...fortunes, and put back the hand that was held out to assist him ! Other offers of a like kind he either rejected or fsaled to improve, contenting himself... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 428 strani
...with an unbecoming asperity, which the occasion neither demanded nor could justify, goes on. to say, ' Thus did this idiot in the affairs of the world trifle with his fortunes, and put back the band f 2 that that was held out to assist him ! Other offers of a like kind he either rejected or failed... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 438 strani
...occasion neither demanded nor could justify, goes on to say, ' Thus did this -idiot in- the-aftairs of the world trifle with his fortunes, and put back the hand f 2 that 68 THE LIFE OF DR. GOLDSMITH. that was held out to assist him ! Other offers of a like kind... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 strani
...best friends, and I am not inclined to forsake them for others.)) — «Thus,« continues Sir John, «did this idiot in the affairs of the world trifle...fortunes, and put back the hand that was held out to assist him !« — In a worldly point of view, the conduct of Goldsmith on this occasion was undoubtedly... | |
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