 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...  The life of Samuel Johnson - Strona 115autor: James Boswell - 1820Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Liczba stron: 746
...learning, 1 shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with lees ; obert The poetry of Johnson forms but a small portion of the history of his mind or of his works. His imitations... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - Liczba stron: 404
...owing that to a patron which providence has enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning,...most humble, most obedient servant — SAM. JOHNSON. Reflections on Landing at lona. We were now treading that illustrious island which was once the luminary... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - Liczba stron: 594
...heing a native of Ibe roclu" actually k*ta " meaning. " 330 " Having carried on my Work thus far wilb so little obligation to any favourer of learning ;...conclude it, if less be possible, with less : for I have long been awakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - Liczba stron: 602
...that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. "Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning,...lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, "SAM. JoHusou6." "While this was the talk of the town 7, (says Dr. Adams, in a letter to me) I happened to-visit... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - Liczba stron: 624
...patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. "Having carried on my work thus far with no little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall...disappointed, though I should conclude it, if less be |H>s»ible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - Liczba stron: 374
...that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. " Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning,...most humble, most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON." (2) (1) In this passage Dr. Johnson evidently alludes to the loss of his wife. We find the same tender... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - Liczba stron: 592
...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - Liczba stron: 764
...owing that to a patron which providence has enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus know me safe and warmly laid ; Thy ray lord — Your lordship's most humble, most obedient servant — 8дм. JOHNSON. The poetry of Johnson... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - Liczba stron: 1502
...me to do for myself. " Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favorer : 1. The presence of a governing verb ; as, " Tell me whom yonr lordship's most humble and most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON." 18. " Triumphal arch ! that... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - Liczba stron: 616
...disappointed though I should conclnde it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long awakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself...most humble, most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. While Johnson was laboriously engaged on his ' Dictionary,' his tragedy of Irene, was, through the... | |
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