 was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amid inconveniences and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow." Samuel...  The American Educational Monthly - Stran 3061871Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 strani
...may gratify curiofity to inform it, that the Englijb Difliouary was written with little afTiftancc of the learned* and without any patronage of the great; not in the foft obfcurities of retirement, or under the fbelter of academick bowers, but am id ft inconvenience... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 458 strani
...may gratify curiofity to inform it, that the Engli/h DiSfionary was •written with little affiftance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the foft obfcurities of retirement, or under the fhelter of academick bowers, but amidft inconvenience... | |
 | 1755 - 694 strani
...it may gratify curiolity to inform it, that the Englim Dictionary was written with little affifhnce of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the foft obfcurities of retirement, or under the ihelter of academic bowers ; but amidft inconvenience... | |
 | John Aikin, Benson Earle Hill - 1804 - 710 strani
...» fpecimen of very eocfiderable poetic powers. The poems have been written without any afliftance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the foft (hades of retirement, nor under the ftielier of academic bowers, but amidft inconvenience and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 strani
...it was A 6 finifbed finiflied fo foon, firice it was written, as he fays, " with little affiftance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the foft obfcurities of retirement, or under the fhelter of academic bowers, but amidft inconvenience and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 strani
...a miser, but will rather risk the loss than not enjoy the use of them.' 1 ' The English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned,...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academick bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.' Johnson's Works,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 strani
...a miser, but will rather risk the loss than not enjoy the use of them.' 1 ' The English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned,...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academick bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.' Johnson's Works,... | |
 | Samuel Miller - 1803 - 530 strani
...work. See WiNDEBoati'i England, &c. which had gone before it; and taking into the account also, that it was written " with little assistance of the learned,...retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow," it must be regarded as a wonderful... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 572 strani
...number and nature of the works' 1 which he published. These, it should be remembered, were written, " not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but" 1 at intervals snatched from his daily avocations, and amidst a variety of embarrassments, sufficient... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 596 strani
...number and nature of the works q which he published. These, it should be remembered, were written, " not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic GILBERT WAKEFIELD. 311 bowers, but"' at intervals snatched from liis daily avocations, and amidst a... | |
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