 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 pages
...encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early2, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am...cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it3; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, hud been kind ; but it has been delayed, till I am indifferent,...solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations where no benefit... | |
 | James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 pages
...«*•] ' (Tb* editor confeaK* that he does not see fe*bJKt of thi«»llu»ion; if some more ingenious " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern...cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it5: till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you hare been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early,...solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 pages
...notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind : but it lias way. When he enters a house, his first declaration...cannot sit down ; and so short are his visits, that he and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 378 pages
...been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till 1 am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it(') ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 448 pages
...neglected him tn his obscurity, and sought his acquaintance when in the zenith of his fame : — " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern...solitary and cannot impart it — till I am known and do not want it." Still, want compelled Jobnson to continue a literary jobber, willing to aecept... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 362 pages
...had neglected him in his obscurity, and sought his acquaintance when In the zenith of his fame : — "Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern...solitary and cannot impart it — till I am known and do not want it." Still, want compelled Johnson to continue a literary jobber, willing to aceept... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind: but it has been delayed till I am 4ndifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit... | |
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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 notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind... 
