 I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations 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.  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Page 167by James Boswell - 1901Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1860 - 960 pages
...been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till 1 am solitary, and cannot impartit 4 ; 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.... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1860 - 496 pages
...waiting in his anteroom he ought not to have omitted a pecuniary obligation, however inconsiderable.—C. I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very...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.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 pages
...been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it4; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is...asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit hits been received, nr to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron,... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 pages
...delayed 7 till 8 I am indifferent, 9 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 10 very cynical asperity not to confess obligation where, 11 no benefit has been received, or to be... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1860 - 494 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 it no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations, where no benefit his been received ; or to... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 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.... | |
 | Allen Reddick - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 292 pages
...along, as he was now presenting himself, a good patron, nurturing the work and its author. He wrote: "I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess...which Providence has enabled me to do for myself." Sledd and Kolb comment on this passage as follows: This sentence expresses quite directly the controlled... | |
 | Joan G. Nagle - Technology & Engineering - 1995 - 396 pages
...and cannot enjoy it, till l am solitary and cannot impart it, till l am known and do not want it. l 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.... | |
 | Nell Rogers, Guy Rogers - Medical - 1996 - 70 pages
...aMgatlnsj* •*••• BO tenant ha* bean received, or to be unwilling that the pubHe shoved consider me M owing that to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for my*elf. "Having carried my work thaa far with ao httto obligation to any favorer of learning , I ahall... | |
 | Lawrence Lipking - Biography & Autobiography - 2009 - 396 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 cinical asperity not to confess obligation where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that... | |
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