 | 1850 - 450 oldal
...to thé verge of publication, wilhoul onc act of assistance or one srnile of favour. Such trealmenl I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted wilh love, and found him a native of thé rocks. Is not a patron, myLord, onewho looks with unconceni... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 oldal
...been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one...acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 oldal
...pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at lust ng sky, Expan fur I never had a patron before. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 oldal
...brought it at last to the verge of publication without one word of encouragement or one smile of favor. th what to sight or smell was sweet ! from thee How shall I parti and whither wander down Into acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. " Is not a patron, my lord, one who can... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 oldal
...; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. 140 RECOLLECTIONS OF the verge of publication, without one act of 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 grew... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 oldal
...been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one...one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and... | |
 | 1852 - 590 oldal
...been pushing on my work* through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one...one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. "The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. "Is... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 oldal
...have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one...assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 oldal
...been poshing on my work, through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one...encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment 1 did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted... | |
 | 1853 - 706 oldal
...in his celebrated Letter to Lord Chesterfield, says, in reference to the hollowness of patronage : " The shepherd, in Virgil, grew at last acquainted with Love ; and found him a native of the rocks." To what passage in Virgil does Johnson here refer, and what is the point intended to be conveyed ?... | |
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Seven years, my Lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the... 
