 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...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...Your Lordship's most humble, " Most obedient servant, " SAMUEL JOHNSON." My concluding extract is of a very different description — as different as the... | |
 | 1852 - 436 pages
...that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with...conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation." How... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...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...most humble, most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON." This letter has given rise to many remarks ; those by the recent editor of Johnson's life *, devoted... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1853 - 594 pages
...far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I...lordship's most humble, " Most obedient servant, "SAM. JOHNSOH."! Several minor points in this letter require a passing notice. The reader will perceive what... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for...Your Lordship's most humble, Most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON.' In the few years succeeding the publication of his " Dictionary,'1 lit- f-rnployed... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1855 - 786 pages
...with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed, though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for...exultation. " My lord, your lordship's most humble and most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON." 11. " Triumphal arch ! that fill'st the sky When storms... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for...Your Lordship's most humble, Most obedient servant, SAMUEL Jouxso.v. 1 In the few years succeeding the publication cf his " Dictionary," be employed himself... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for...Your Lordship's most humble, Most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON.' In the few years succeeding the publication of his " Dictionary," be employed himself... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1858 - 638 pages
...far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for...humble, "Most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON."} Several minor points in this letter require a passing notice. The reader will perceive what amount... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1858 - 424 pages
...has enabled me to do for myself. favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed, though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for...exultation. ' ' My lord, your lordship's most humble and most obedient servant, " SAMUEL JOHNSON." 11. " Triumphal arch ! that fill'st the sky When storms... | |
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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... 
