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" 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 152
by James Boswell - 1907
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays

Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson - English essays - 1852 - 568 pages
...of "Love's being a native of the rocks'' actually has a "n^eaning." 330 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON. "Having carried on my Work thus far with so little...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....
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The Modern British Essayists: Carlyle, Thomas. Critical and miscellaneous essays

English essays - 1852 - 590 pages
...kas a "meaning." 330 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON. " Having carried on my Work thus far with so litlle obligation to any favourer of learning ; I shall not...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....
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Pitman's Journal of Commercial Education, Volume 11

1852 - 436 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...of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I shall conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have long wakened from that dream of hope,...
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Works, Including His Letters to His Son, &c: To which is Prefixed an ...

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...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." This letter has given rise to many remarks ; those by the recent editor of Johnson's life *, devoted...
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The National Magazine, Volume 2

Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1853 - 594 pages
...me to do for myself. " Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I...lordship's most humble, " Most obedient servant, "SAM. JOHNSOH."! Several minor points in this letter require a passing notice. The reader will perceive what...
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Samuel Johnson

Thomas Carlyle - 1853 - 130 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...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,...
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A Compendium of English Literature, Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far 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.' In the few years succeeding the publication of his " Dictionary,'1 lit- f-rnployed...
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Recollections of a Literary Life

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 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...
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English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms. With a ...

William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1855 - 786 pages
...me to do for myself. " Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed, though I...exultation. " My lord, your lordship's most humble and most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON." 11. " Triumphal arch ! that fill'st the sky When storms...
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The English Language in Its Elements and Forms: With a History of Its Origin ...

William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1855 - 768 pages
...me to do for myself. " Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed, though I...exultation. " My lord, your lordship's most humble and most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON." 11. " Triumphal arch! that fill'st the sky \Vhen storms...
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