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... The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Page 152by James Boswell - 1907Full view - About this book
| Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - 594 pages
...heing a native of Ibe roclu" actually k*ta " meaning. " 330 " Having carried on my Work thus far wilb so little obligation to any favourer of learning ;...conclude it, if less be possible, with less : for I have long been awakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation.... | |
| James Boswell - Biography - 1846 - 602 pages
...publick should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. "Having carried on my work thus far with so little...lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, "SAM. JoHusou6." "While this was the talk of the town 7, (says Dr. Adams, in a letter to me) I happened to-visit... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 624 pages
...patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. "Having carried on my work thus far with no little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall...disappointed, though I should conclude it, if less be |H>s»ible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1848 - 374 pages
...public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. " Having carried on my work thus far with so little...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... | |
| Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...public should consider me as owing that to a patron which providence has enabled me to do for myself. hamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid ; Thy ray lord — Your lordship's most humble, most obedient servant — 8дм. JOHNSON. The poetry of Johnson... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...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 - English language - 1851 - 1502 pages
...me to do for myself. " Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favorer : 1. The presence of a governing verb ; as, " Tell me whom yonr lordship's most humble and most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON." 18. " Triumphal arch ! that... | |
| Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...public should consider me as owing that to a patron which providence has enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so little...learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclnde it, if less be possible, with less; for I have been long awakened from that dream of hope,... | |
| Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...consider me as owing that to a patron which providence has enabled me to do for myself. Having carried ou my work thus far with so little obligation to any...learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclnde it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long awakened from that dream of hope,... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. " Having carried on my work, therefore, with so little obligation to any favourer of learning,...Your Lordship's most humble, " Most obedient servant, " SAMUEL JOHNSON." My concluding extract is of a very different description — as different as the... | |
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