 | William Connor Sydney - Great Britain - 1891 - 428 pages
...far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning I shall not be disappointed though I shall conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for...most humble, most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. It had been a hard school. But the contempt which George I. and II. and Walpole had evinced for the... | |
 | Elizabeth Stansbury Kirkland - English literature - 1892 - 482 pages
...consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. .... I have long wakened from that dream of hope in which I once...most humble, most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. Chesterfield did not reply to Johnson's bitter words, but always kept the letter open on his table... | |
 | William Francis Collier - American literature - 1893 - 752 pages
...shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I hare been long wakened from that dream of hope in which...Lordship's most humble, most obedient Servant, SAM. JOHNSON POETS OF THE SEVENTH HIU. CHAPTER XI. OTHER WRITERS OP THE SEVENTH ERA. POETS. WILLIAM SHENSTONE, born... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 704 pages
...delayed till I 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...most humble, most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. DAVID HUME [David Hume was born in 1711, and died in 1776. He wrote many essays upon the topics which... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1895 - 660 pages
...delayed till I 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...most humble, most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. DAVID HUME [David Hume was born in 1711, and died in 1776. Rewrote many essays upon the topics which... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1895 - 670 pages
...delayed till I 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...most humble, most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. DAVID HUME [David Hume was born in 1711, and died in 1776. Rewrote many essays upon the topics which... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1895 - 300 pages
...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...most humble, most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. And thus must the rebellious ' Sam. Johnson ' turn him to the Bookselling guild, and the wondrous chaos... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1896 - 136 pages
...enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I...most humble, most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. 21 15. Home Tooke. John Home, an eminent English politician and philologist, whose conversational powers... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1896 - 270 pages
...enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I...most humble, most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. 21 15. Home Tooke. John Horne, an eminent English politician and philologist, whose conversational... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1896 - 304 pages
...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...most humble, most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. And thus must the rebellious 'Sam. Johnson' turn him to the Bookselling guild, and the wondrous chaos... | |
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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... 
