 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...  Selections from Carlyle - Page 123by Thomas Carlyle - 1895 - 283 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...Prologue to Mr. Jephson's tragedy of JULIA : if less be possible, with less; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself...most humble " Most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON." * " While this was the talk of the town, (says Dr. Adams, in a letter to me) I happened to visit Dr.... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...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 myself...humble, ' Most obedient servant, ' SAM. JOHNSON'.' ' While this was the talk of the town, (says Dr. Adams, in a letter to me) I happened to visit Dr.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...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 myself...humble, ' Most obedient servant, ' SAM. JOHNSON'.' ' While this was the talk of the town, (says Dr. Adams, in a letter to me) I happened to visit Dr.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...disappointed though I shall conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship-s most humble, , " Most obedient servant, " SAMUEL JOHNSON." Johnson having now explicitly... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...be disappointed thcugh I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long awakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation. M\i Lord,yovr't!, &c. ifc. Johnson however acknowledged, to a friend, that -^ received ten pounds frcm... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 350 pages
...disappointed, though 1 should " ponclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for " I have been long wakened from that dream " of hope, in which I once boasted...exultation, "My LORD, " Your Lordship's most humble " and most obedient servant, " SAMUEL JOHNSON." It is said, upon good authority, that Johnson once... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...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 myself...humble, " Most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON."' " While this was the talk of the town, (says Dr. Adams, in a letter to me) I happened to visit Dr.... | |
 | John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 568 pages
...disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with legs ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself,...exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " and most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON." As another proof of his uncommon memory, Johnson repeated... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 520 pages
...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 myself...humble, " Most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON." With this spirited letter the celebrated Dr. Warburton was highly pleased, and requested Dr. Adams... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 524 pages
...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 myself...humble, " Most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON." With this spirited letter the celebrated Dr. Warburton was highly pleased, and requested Dr. Adams... | |
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