 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 strani
...am indifferent, and can not enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and can not impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it I hope it is no very cynical asperity...benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which providence has enabled me to do for myself.... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 638 strani
...obligatious where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should cousider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has...my work thus far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible,... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1858 - 424 strani
...am indifferent, and can not enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and can not impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity...benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 strani
...till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity,...benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.... | |
 | Allen Reddick - 1996 - 292 strani
...along, as he was now presenting himself, a good patron, nurturing the work and its author. He wrote: "I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess...which Providence has enabled me to do for myself." Sledd and Kolb comment on this passage as follows: This sentence expresses quite directly the controlled... | |
 | Tim Fulford - 1996 - 274 strani
...till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity...myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so litde obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude... | |
 | Joan G. Nagle - 1995 - 396 strani
...and cannot enjoy it, till l am solitary and cannot impart it, till l am known and do not want it. l hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess...benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.... | |
 | Nell Rogers, Guy Rogers - 1996 - 70 strani
...aMgatlnsj* •*••• BO tenant ha* bean received, or to be unwilling that the pubHe shoved consider me M owing that to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for my*elf. "Having carried my work thaa far with ao httto obligation to any favorer of learning , I ahall... | |
 | James Boswell - 1998 - 1540 strani
...cannot enjoy it ; till 1 am solitary, and cannot impart it ;* till I am known, and do not want it. 1 hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess...favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though 1 The following note is subjoined by Mr. Langton: — 'Dr. Johnson, when he gave me this copy of his... | |
 | Lawrence Lipking - 2009 - 396 strani
...of assistance, one word of encouragment, or one smile of favour," and was "unwilling that the Public should consider me as owing that to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself." Such an author rises above the petty curbs that might throttle a lesser talent. In these terms, Johnson's... | |
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The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it... 
