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. I hope it... The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Page 151by James Boswell - 1907Full view - About this book
| Norma Clarke - History - 2001 - 282 pages
...and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. 1 hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess...benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the Public should consider me as owing that to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.1... | |
| John Richardson - History - 2000 - 416 pages
...asperity not to confess obligation where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the Public should consider me as owing that to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. BOROUGH MARKET MOVED For centuries a market had been held in the middle of Borough High Street, with... | |
| Joseph R. McElrath, Jr., Robert C. Leitz, Jesse S. Crisler - Literary Collections - 2001 - 644 pages
...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. I hope it is...benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.... | |
| 辜正坤 - Chinese poetry - 2003 - 580 pages
...not to confess obligations'281 where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the Public should consider me as owing that to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. '29' Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any Favourer of Learning,'30'I... | |
| Niall Rudd - History - 2005 - 232 pages
...been delayed until I am indifferent, 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...which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.' This well-known passage differs from Juvenal in several obvious ways - eg it is addressed to a specific... | |
| Michael McKeon - History - 2005 - 1864 pages
...authorial disdain for Lord Chesterfield's belated willingness to make good his offer of patronage: "I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess...which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. "43 For several decades after the 1710 Copyright Act, and despite its term limits, judicial practice... | |
| Edward Andrew - Philosophy - 2006 - 297 pages
...it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no cynical asperity not to confess obligations where...unwilling that the Publick should consider me as owing to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.'35 Note that Johnson did not reject... | |
| Simon White, John Goodridge, Bridget Keegan - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 324 pages
...a Man struggling for life in the Water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help? ... I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess...benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.... | |
| John Morrow - History - 2007 - 332 pages
...publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour ... 1 hope, it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess...benefit has been received; or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.... | |
| Duane Robert Pierson - Imprints (Publishers' and printers' statements) - 2006 - 88 pages
...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. I hope it is no very cynical asperity to confess obligation where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should... | |
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