 ... 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...  Boswell's Life of Johnson - Stran 207avtor: James Boswell - 1901Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 strani
...complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance2, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour....acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks 3. 1 [No very moderate expectation for " a retired and nnconrtly scholar!" — ED.] 1 The following... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 374 strani
...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....I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. precise and probable ground for Johnson's animosity than Boswell gives, by hinting that Johnson expected... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 strani
...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 1 never had a patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquaintcd with Lovct and found... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 strani
...prospect of the trade wind, hard to move. ' The 'shepherd in Virgil,' said Johnson to Lord Chesterfield, ' grew at last acquainted with love, and found him a native ' of the rocks.' Nor had adverse circumstances been without their effect upon the literary character itself. Covered... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 1294 strani
...prospect of the trade wiud, hard to move. ' The 'shepherd in Virgil,' said Johnson to Lord Chesterfield, ' grew at last acquainted with love, and found him a native ' of the rocks.' Nor had adverse circumstances been without their effect upon the literary character itself. Covered... | |
 | 1848 - 798 strani
...prospect of the trade-wind hard to move. ' The shepherd in Virgil,' said Johnson to Lord Chesterfield, ' grew at last acquainted with love, and found him a native of the rocks." Nor had adverse circumstances been without their effect upon the literary character itself. Covered... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 strani
...prospect of the trade wind, hard to move. ' The 'shepherd in Virgil,' said Johnson to Lord Chesterfield, ' grew at last acquainted with love, and found him a native ' of the rocks." Nor had adverse circumstances been without their effect upon the literary character itself. Covered... | |
 | 1850 - 450 strani
...to thé verge of publication, wilhoul onc act of assistance or one srnile of favour. Such trealmenl I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted wilh love, and found him a native of thé rocks. Is not a patron, myLord, onewho looks with unconceni... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 strani
...to 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....acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 strani
...publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment 1 did not expect, for I never had a patron before. "...acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. " Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life. in the water,... | |
| |
