 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 strani
...encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last 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
...kis anteroom, he ought not to have omitted a pecuniary obligation, however inconsiderable. -— C. "The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with...rocks. " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with un» concern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Morning call - 1850 - 618 strani
...offer of patronage when it was no longer needed. We recall to mind his indignant expressions — " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a person while he is struggling in the water, and when he has reached the shore, encumbers him with help?"... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 strani
...encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment 1 did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with...struggling for life. in the water, and when he has leached ground encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors,... | |
 | University magazine - 1851 - 822 strani
...the definition of the gruff moralist, in his celebrated letter to Lord Chesterfield — " A patron is one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for...when he has reached ground encumbers him with help." Sir Walter Scott was not one of these. His kind heart and active benevolence went to work at once,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 strani
...encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, fur I never had a patron before. л patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when... | |
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Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help... 
