| Joan G. Nagle - 1995 - 396 páginas
...and cannot enjoy it, till l am solitary and cannot impart it, till l am known and do not want it. l hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess...thus far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, l shall not be disappointed though l should conclude it, if less be possible, with less,... | |
| Lawrence Lipking - 2009 - 396 páginas
...till I am known and do not want it. I hope it is no very cinical asperity not to confess obligation where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling...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,... | |
| Joseph R. McElrath, Jr., Robert C. Leitz, Jesse S. Crisler - 2001 - 644 páginas
...but it has been 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...my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, should less be possible,... | |
| Simon White, John Goodridge, Bridget Keegan - 2006 - 324 páginas
...a Man struggling for life in the Water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help? ... I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess...which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. — Samuel Johnson to Lord Chesterfield, February 7, 1755 SAMUEL JOHNSON'S BITTER LETTER RESOUNDS WITH... | |
| John Morrow - 2007 - 332 páginas
...publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour ... 1 hope, it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess...which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. 38 Carlyle, who was highly critical of the toadying tone of Chesterfield's Advice to his Son, used... | |
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