 | English literature - 1755 - 694 pages
...it may gratify curiolity to inform it, that the Englim Dictionary was written with little affifhnce of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the foft obfcurities of retirement, or under the ihelter of academic bowers ; but amidft inconvenience... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 500 pages
...may gratify curiofity to inform it, that the EngtijJ; Diftionary was written with little afTiftance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the foft obfcuritics of retirement, or under the flicker of academick bowers, but amidft inconvenience... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1797 - 278 pages
...it was A 6 finifbed finiflied fo foon, firice it was written, as he fays, " with little affiftance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the foft obfcurities of retirement, or under the fhelter of academic bowers, but amidft inconvenience and... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 450 pages
...attonifhing that it was finilhed fo foon, fince it was written, аз he fays, " with, little affiftance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the foft obfcurities of retirement, or under the fhelter of academic bowers, but amidlt inconvenience and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...competitors in the race, may yet be sensible of his deficiency when he runs against time. Well might he say, that ' the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned',' for he told me, that the only aid which he received was a paper containing twenty etymologies, sent... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...the race, may yet be sensible of his deficiency when he runs against time. \Vell might • he say, that " the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned;" for he told me, that the only aid which he received was a paper containing twenty etymologies, sent... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...competitors in the race, may yet be sensible of his deficiency when he runs against time. Well might he say, that ' the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned',' for he told me, that the only aid which he received was a paper containing twenty etymologies, sent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...proceeded the faults of that which it condemns ; yet it may gratify auïojty te ¡aforra it, that ibe English Dictionary was written with little assistance...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic k bowers, but amid inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...undertaking, it is indeed astonishing that it was finished so soon, since it was written, as he says, " with little assistance of the learned, and without...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. " The sorrow... | |
 | John Jackson - Lichfield (England) - 1805 - 308 pages
...considered, it is indeed astonishing that he finished it so soon, since it was written, as he says, " with little assistance of the learned, and without...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow." The sorrow to... | |
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Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. 
