| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 402 páginas
...situation, is exquisitely beautiful : " The nolice 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 indifi'erent, and cannot enjoy it : 3 Sec this matter explained in the Preface to the Adventurer, British... | |
| Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 páginas
...with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with Hnconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when...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 delayed... | |
| Stephen Jones - 1812 - 50 páginas
...application. It was, as Johnson also well expressed it, like the conduct of " one who looks -with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help." So, Mr. Jones was left to spend hours, and days, and weeks, in the search after particulars, to which... | |
| 1814 - 568 páginas
...? " Is not a patron," Dr. Johnson says to the Earl of Chesterfield, " one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached the land, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 páginas
...Love, 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...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 - 1816 - 532 páginas
...Love, 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...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 - 1816 - 154 páginas
...Love, 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...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... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1816 - 462 páginas
...patron before. " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for his life in the water, and when he has reached ground,...The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, would have been kind: but it lias been delayed till I am indifferent, and... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - 466 páginas
...Love, 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...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 delayed... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1817 - 680 páginas
...will never be forgotten. " The notice," says the Doctor, " which you have been pleased to take of me, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed, 'til 1 am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; 'til I am solitary, and cannot impart it; 'til I am known,... | |
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