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" Is not a Patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a Man struggling for Life in the water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help? "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - Page 142
by James Boswell - 1791 - 516 pages
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The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography in Four Books, Volume 1

John Forster - Authors, English - 1848 - 744 pages
...publication, without one act of assistance, one ' word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. ... Is ' not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on ' a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has ' reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice...
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The life and adventures of Oliver Goldsmith

John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...publication, without one act of assistance, one ' word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. ... Is ' not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on ' a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has ' reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice...
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The Morning call, by mrs. Ellis, Volume 2; Volume 39

Morning call - 1850 - 618 pages
...offer of patronage when it was no longer needed. We recall to mind his indignant expressions — " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a person while he is struggling in the water, and when he has reached the shore, encumbers him with help?"...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...treatment 1 did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the...patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life. in the water, and when he has leached ground encumbers him with help ? The notice...
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The Dublin university magazine

University magazine - 1851 - 822 pages
...celebrated letter to Lord Chesterfield — " A patron is one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help." Sir Walter Scott was not one of these. His kind heart and active benevolence went to work at once,...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 1

Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the...patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help ? The notice...
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Recollections of a Literary Life, Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 588 pages
...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 he has reached ground...encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent,...
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The Modern British Essayists: Carlyle, Thomas. Critical and miscellaneous essays

English essays - 1852 - 590 pages
...native of the rocks. "Is not a patron, 015* Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground,...encumbers him with help? 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...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays

Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson - English essays - 1852 - 568 pages
...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 he has reached ground, encumbers him with help I The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind: but...
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Sketches of English Literature from the Fourteenth to the Present Century

Clara Lucas Balfour - English literature - 1852 - 458 pages
...verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help ? The notice...
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