 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 647 páginas
...me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. '• Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any...your lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON." This letter has given rise to many remarks ; those by the recent editor of Johnson's... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853
...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...your lordship's most humble, " Most obedient servant, "SAM. JOHNSOH."! Several minor points in this letter require a passing notice. The reader will perceive... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1853 - 106 páginas
...consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. ' Having carried on my Work thus far with ,so little obligation to...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 with so much exultation,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1853 - 106 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...your Lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, ' SAM. JOHNSON.' And thus must the rebellious ' Sam. Johnson' turn him to the Bookselling guild, and... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 776 páginas
...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...Your Lordship's most humble, Most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON.' In the few years succeeding the publication of his " Dictionary,'1 lit- f-rnployed... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 558 páginas
...to do for myself. " Having carried on my work, therefore, with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I...Your Lordship's most humble, " Most obedient servant, " SAMUEL JOHNSON." My concluding extract is of a very different description — as different as the... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1855 - 754 páginas
...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...exultation. " My lord, your lordship's most humble and most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON." 11. " Triumphal arch ! that fill'st the sky When storms... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1855 - 754 páginas
...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...exultation. " My lord, your lordship's most humble and most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON." 11. " Triumphal arch! that fill'st the sky \Vhen storms... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855
...consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. " Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any...conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for 1 have been long wakened from that dream of hope in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation.... | |
 | THOMAS CARLYLE - 1855
...should conclude it, if less be possible, with less : for I have long been awakened from that dream oft hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much...your Lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON." And thus must the rebellious " Sam. Johnson" turn him to the Bookselling guild, and... | |
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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... 
