 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 páginas
...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...most humble, most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON 4." Madden, some years after, gave him the same sum for revising a work of his, Johnson said that the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 páginas
...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, " S&M. JOHHSONB." " While this was the talk of the town', (says Dr. Adams, in a letter to me) I happened... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 páginas
...learning, I shall not be disappointed though •En-k6r'ridje-mint 'En-tshint'm4nt. «P4'tran. I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for...most humble, most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. SECTION XIII. Holla's Speech to the Peruvians.—' SHERIDAN. MY* brave associates'! — partners of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 378 páginas
...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." ( 2 ) (1) In this passage Dr. Johnson evidently alludes to the loss of his wife. We find the same tender... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 páginas
...possible, with ess ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boast;d ustly. " S*M. JOHMSON«." " While this was the talk of the town ">, >ays Dr. Adams, in a letter to me) I hap>ened... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1839 - 412 páginas
...disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less : for I have long been awakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself...Lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, ' SAM. JOHUSOH.' And thus must the rebellious ' Sam. Johnson ' turn him to the Bookselling guild, and the... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1841 - 338 páginas
...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, S. JOHNSON. Wm. Cowper, Esq. to the Rev. Wra. Unwin. September 21, 1779. Amico mio, be pleased to buy... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should o our prayer, Gave promise of a brighter day ; The...knows t— May dwell with pleasure unalloyed, And drea The poetry of Johnson forms but a small portion of the history of his mind or of his works. His imitations... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 páginas
...learning, 1 shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with lees ; obert The poetry of Johnson forms but a small portion of the history of his mind or of his works. His imitations... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 páginas
...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...most humble, most obedient servant — SAM. JOHNSON. Reflections on Landing at lona. We were now treading that illustrious island which was once the luminary... | |
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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... 
