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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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The Book of Gems: Pomfret to Bloomfield

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 362 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." Still, want compelled Johnson to continue a literary jobber, willing to aceept a single guinea from...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: An essay on the life and genius of ...

Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind: but it has been delayed till I am 4ndifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot...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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The Book of Gems: Pomfret to Bloomfield

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 438 pages
...labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent and canuot enjoy it— till I am solitary and cannot impart it— till I am known and do not want it." Still, want compelled Johnson to continue a literary jobber, willing to accept a single guinea from...
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The British Cyclopaedia of the Arts, Sciences, History, Geography ...

1838 - 1050 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 am solitary and rannot impart it, till I am known and do not want it. I hope it u no very cynical asperity not to confess...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3

Thomas Carlyle - German literature - 1839 - 412 pages
...latter, that this of ' Love's being a native of the rocks ' actually hint a ' meaning.' 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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The Monthly magazine

Monthly literary register - 1839 - 744 pages
...encumbers him with help. The offer you have made me of your assistance would have 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." All authors, for want of some such institution, have laboured, or have yet to labour under the monopoly...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 624 pages
...notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, bad 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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The Life and Writings of Samuel Johnson...

Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 334 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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The Young Man's Book of Classical Letters: Consisting of Epistolary ...

Author of The young man's own book - English letters - 1841 - 338 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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Punch, Volume 108

Henry Mayhew, Mark Lemon, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - English wit and humor - 1895 - 324 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." —Ihetor Johnson to the Earl of Chesterfield.] Nor the Dropped Pilot now I * The circling years Bring...
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