 I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.  The National Magazine - Page 489edited by - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English essays - 1855 - 332 pages
...addre.«sa*-"1 «uld not forbear to wish that I might boast myself le vainqueur du vmnqueur de la terre; that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the...uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that 1 could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. " Seven years,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
...address ; and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre, that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the...encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer rne to continue it. When I had once addressed your Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqucur du vainqueur de la terre;'— that 1 might obtain that regard for which I saw the world...but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neixYier pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I had once addressed your lordship... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre ;*— * that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the...possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my lord, have now passed... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1857 - 396 pages
...address ; and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre, that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the...and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. " Seven years,... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1858 - 424 pages
...address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre ; that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the...possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. " Seven years, my lord, have now passed... | |
 | Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - French language - 1858 - 362 pages
...forbear to wish that I might boast myself le voinqueur du vainqueur de la terre; — that I might obtain5 that regard for which I saw the world contending;...exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly4 scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself le vainqittur du •caanjueur de la lerre ; — that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the...addressed your lordship in public, I had exhausted all the arts of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1858 - 482 pages
...and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqitcur du vainqueur de la terre — that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the...neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it.2 When I had once ad1 Dr. Johnson appeared to have a remarkable delicacy with respect to the circulation... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqucur du vainqueur de la terre;*— that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the...possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my lord, have now passed... | |
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