I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please, have sunk into the grave ; and success and miscarriage are empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise. The Life of Samuel Johnson - Página 243por James Boswell - 1880Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 154 páginas
...excited. Though we may believe him in the declaration at the end of his preface, that he dismissed it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise; there cannot be a doubt but that he was highly gratified by the reputation it acquired both at home... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 páginas
...tude, what would it avail me ? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage...are empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquility, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise*. * Dr. Johnson's Dictionary... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 450 páginas
...solitude, what would it avail me? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise. PROPOSALS FOR MINTING THE DRAMATIC WORKS or WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Printed in the Ytar 1756. W HEN the... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 388 páginas
...solitude, what would it avail me? I have protracted my work till most of those .whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave ; and success and miscarriage...frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope with the help of factious credulity, have been brought into question, by the two lowest of all human... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 398 páginas
...solitude, what would it avail me? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave ; and success and miscarriage...frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope with' the help of factiousjcredulity, have been brought into question, by the two lowest of all human... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 514 páginas
...soKtude, what would it avail me ? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave ; and success and miscarriage...his letters to Mr. Warton ; and however he may have been affected for the moment, certain it is that the honours which his great work procured him, both... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 508 páginas
...solitude, what would it avail me ? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave ; and success and miscarriage...his letters to Mr. Warton ; and however he may have been affected for the moment, certain it is that the honours which his great work procured him, both... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 484 páginas
...solitude, what would it avail me ? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage...little to fear or hope from censure or from prais'e. I? 2 PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING THE DRAMATICK WORKS OF 'WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Printed in the Year 1756.... | |
| James Boswell - 1824 - 454 páginas
...me ? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave j and success and miscarriage are empty sounds. I therefore...his letters to Mr. Warton ; and however he may have been affected for the moment, certain it is that tie honours which his great work procured him, both... | |
| 1824 - 706 páginas
...to love. Childc Наг. с. 2. I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage...frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope ftom censure or from praise. Pref. to Johnton't Diet. Her dark eyes flashing thro' their tears, Uke... | |
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