Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted... Boswell's Life of Johnson - Stran 62avtor: James Boswell - 1917 - 574 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
| Robert Chambers - 1849 - 760 strani
...enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I...wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted mvself with so much exultation, my lord— Your lordsíiip's most humble, most obedient servant—... | |
| Marlborough coll - 1850 - 874 strani
...enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I...less be possible, with less: for I have been long awakened from that dream of hope in which I once boasted myself with so much exaltation. My Lord, your... | |
| 1850 - 450 strani
...tâche aussi loin sans avoir la moindre obligation à aucun protecteur des lettres, je ne serai pas though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I bave been long wakened from that dream of bope, in which I once boasted myself with so rauch exaltation,... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 strani
...to do for myself. " Having carried on my work, therefore, with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I...Your Lordship's most humble, " Most obedient servant, " SAMUEL JOHNSON." My concluding extract is of a very different description—as different as the character... | |
| William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 strani
...me to do for myself. " Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed, though I...exultation. " My lord, your lordship's most humble and most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON." 13. " Triumphal arch ! that fiU'at the sky, When storms... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 strani
...enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I...boasted myself with so much exultation, my lord — Your lordship'a most humble, most obedient servant — SAM. JOHNSON. The poetry of Johnson forms but a small... | |
| James Boswell, John Wilson Croker - 1851 - 940 strani
...him Uie tome sum for "Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I...it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been lon^ wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation. My Lord,... | |
| United States. Internal Revenue Service, Lucile B. Spurlock, Luthera Burton Dawson - 1961 - 216 strani
...enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I...conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have long awakened from that dream of hope in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, my Lord,... | |
| Calvin Darlington Linton - 1962 - 216 strani
...enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I...conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have long awakened from that dream of hope in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, my Lord,... | |
| Robert Anderson - 696 strani
...me to do for myself. " Having carried on my work thus far, with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I...which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, your, &c." That the pride of Chesterfield was deeply wounded by this polite, yet disdainful repulse... | |
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