 | 1853 - 730 strani
...earl that his proud independence was as little softened by flattery as it was subdued by neglect. " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern...has reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 strani
...3 [The editor confesses that he does not see the object of this allusion; if some more ingenious " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern...he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, hart it been early*, had been kind ; but'it... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 strani
...expect, for 1 never had a patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquaintcd with Lovct and found him a native of the rocks.* ** Is not a...he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice" which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 strani
...publication, without one act of assistance, one ' word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. ... Is ' not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern...has ' reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice ' which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had ' it been early, had been kind : but... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 strani
...publication, without one act of assistance, one ' word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. ... Is ' not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern...has ' reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice ' which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had ' it been early, had been kind : but... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 744 strani
...publication, without one act of assistance, one ' word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. ... Is ' not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern...has ' reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice ' which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had ' it been early, had been kind : but... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 strani
...assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment 1 did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil...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,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 strani
...assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, fur I d over the sea, which the л patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when... | |
 | 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,... | |
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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... 
