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" Of Gilbert Walmsley, thus presented to my mind, let me indulge myself in the remembrance. I knew him very early; he was one of the first friends that literature procured me, and I hope that, at least, my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. "He was... "
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Annals of Mr. Bowyers press ... - Page 650
by John Nichols - 1812
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...erature procured me, and I hope, that at least, my grat- *73i. itude made me worthy of his notice. jEuT " He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a 22. boy, yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a whig, with all the virulence and...
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Volume 1

George Gregory - Books and reading - 1808 - 352 pages
...knew him very early ; he was one of the first friends that literature procured me, and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. *' He was of an advanced age, and I was only yet a boy ; yet he never received my .notions with contempt. He was a whig, with all the virulence...
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition, Addressed to His Son

George Gregory - Books and reading - 1809 - 384 pages
...least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. " He was of an advanced age, and I was only yet aboy ; yet he never received my notions with contempt. He...keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me. " He had mingled with the gay world without exemption from its vices or its follies, but had never...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 9

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 664 pages
...knew him very early ; he was one of the first friends that literature procured me, and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice....keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me. He had mingled with the gay world, without exemption from its vices or its follies, bivt had never...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 9

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 612 pages
...knew him very early ; he was one of the first friends that literature procured me, and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice....keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me. He had mingled with the gay world, without exemption from its vices or its follies, but had never neglected...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 pages
...knew him very early; he was one of the first friends that literature procured me, and I hope that at at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice....keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me. He had mingled with the gay wcdld without exemption from its vices or its follies, but had never neglected...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 598 pages
...knew him very early ; he was one of the first friends that literature procnred me, and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice....a Whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of hi* party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me. He...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Dryden, Smith, Duke ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 620 pages
...friends that literature procured me, and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me. He had mingled with (he gay world, without exemption from its vices/ or its follies, but had never...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 9

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 664 pages
...friends that literature procured me, and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and be endured me. He had mingled with the gay world, without exemption from its vices or its follies,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 pages
...that ii ' literature procured me, and I hop* JW*PMeast my gratitude made me worthy of his noticeHe was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy ....keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me. He had mingled with the gay world, without exemption from its vices or its follies, but had never neglected...
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