| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...found him a native of the rocks. " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has...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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Historical fiction - 1809 - 210 pages
...found him a native of the rocks. " Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has...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... | |
| Nathan Drake - English essays - 1809 - 530 pages
...the ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been...till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I ani solitary, and cannot impart it; till 1 am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical... | |
| Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pages
...reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which yon have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind : but it has been...cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart itt; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations... | |
| Proverbs - 1814 - 568 pages
...notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had been kind ; but it has been delayed until I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary...cannot impart it; till I am known and do not want it." " How little knowest thou who hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide, To waste Ions;... | |
| Biography - 1815 - 544 pages
...situation, is exquisitely beautiful. — " The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been...impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it." Lord Chesterfield is said to have concealed his feelings on this occasion with his usual art, conscious,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 548 pages
...situation, is exquisitely beautiful.—" The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been...impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it." Lord Chesterfield is said to have concealed his feelings on this occasion with his usual art, conscious,... | |
| Robert Anderson - Authors, English - 1815 - 660 pages
...found him a native of the rocks. " Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has...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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1816 - 154 pages
...and found him a native of the rocks. 'Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has...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... | |
| Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...found him a native of the rocks. " Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has...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... | |
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