 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 - 62. oldalszerző: James Boswell - 1917 - 574 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 374 oldal
...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...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 oldal
...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...Your Lordship's most humble, Most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON.' In the few years succeeding the publication of his " Dictionary," be employed himself... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 760 oldal
...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 - 872 oldal
...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 - 452 oldal
...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 - 1851 - 592 oldal
...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 - 1504 oldal
...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 - 762 oldal
...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 oldal
...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,... | |
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