 ... 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 is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has...  The life of Samuel Johnson - Strona 115autor: James Boswell - 1820Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1860 - Liczba stron: 494
...not want it. I hope, it it no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations, where no benefit his been received ; or to be unwilling that the public...should consider me as owing that to a patron which Proridencc has enabled me to do for myself. • Having carried on my Work thus far with so little obligation... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1860 - Liczba stron: 376
...not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the publick should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.' The conduct of Johnson, on this occasion, was approved by DEFENSIVE PRIDE OF THE ' RESPECTABLE HOTTENTOT.'... | |
 | Grace Wharton, Philip Wharton - 1861 - Liczba stron: 522
...not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the publick should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself." The conduct of Johnson, on this occasion, was approved by most manly minds, except that of his publisher,... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - Liczba stron: 550
...known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations when no benefit has been received ; or to be unwilling that...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - Liczba stron: 788
...known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that...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 1... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - Liczba stron: 554
...known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that...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... | |
 | Robert Anderson - Liczba stron: 696
...known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that...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... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - Liczba stron: 336
...known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that...which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. It is while he was working on his dictionary that Johnson turned to the periodical essay— that peculiarly... | |
 | Allen Reddick - 1996 - Liczba stron: 292
...not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the Publick should consider me as owing that to a Patron, 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... | |
 | Joan G. Nagle - 1995 - Liczba stron: 396
...known and do not want it. l hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that...enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, l shall not be disappointed though l... | |
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