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" The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, 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. "
The British Nepos; or, Youth's mirror: lives of illustrious Britons - Page 398
by William Fordyce Mavor - 1816
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Characteristic Anecdotes of Men of Learning and Genius: Natives of Great ...

John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 568 pages
...notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind : but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy...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 been received, or to...
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Characteristic Anecdotes of Men of Learning and Genius, Natives of Great ...

John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 768 pages
...notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind : but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy...; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till 1 am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 524 pages
...notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy...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 been received, or to...
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Works, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy...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 been received ; or...
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Rasselas: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - Historical fiction - 1809 - 210 pages
...notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent and cannot enjoy...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 been received, or...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical Illustrative of the ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 520 pages
...have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been dela} ed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I...impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cyniqal asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to...
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Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1809 - 530 pages
...notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I ani solitary, and cannot impart it; till 1 am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 402 pages
...Sec this matter explained in the Preface to the Adventurer, British Essayists, vol. xxiii. C. till / am solitary, and cannot impart it : till I am known, and do not want it." Lord Chesterfield is said to have concealed his feelings on this occasion with his usual art, conscious...
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Elegant epistles: a copious selection of instructive, moral, and ...

Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pages
...notice which yon have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind : but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart itt; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations...
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Proverbs, Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with ..., Volume 1

Proverbs - 1814 - 568 pages
...notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had been kind ; but it has been delayed until I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary...cannot impart it; till I am known and do not want it." " How little knowest thou who hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide, To waste Ions;...
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