 Seven years, my lord, have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the...  The Wits and Beaus of Society - Page 223by Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1890Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...be it ever so little. ' Seven years, my Lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time...publication, without one act of assistance', one word of the following title : — The celebrated Letter from Samuel Johnson, LL.D.. to Philip Dormer Stanhope,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...be it ever so little. ' Seven years, my Lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time...publication, without one act of assistance', one word of the following title: — The celebrated Letter from Samuel Johnson, LL.D., to Philip Dormer Stanhope,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...be it ever so little. " Seven years, my Lord, have now past, since I Waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time...last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,8 one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 pages
...be it ever so little. ' Seven years, my Lord, have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work thrc.ugh difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought is at last to the verge... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 pages
...pleased to hear his all neglected, be it ever so little Seven years, my Lord, have now passed, since 1 waited in your outward room,' or was repulsed from...one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, qr one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. The Shepherd... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pages
...be it ever so little. " Seven years, my Lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time...publication, without one act of assistance,* one word of 1754. encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatJE^ ment I did not expect, for I never had a... | |
 | John Watkins - 1808 - 568 pages
...now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time 1 have been pushing on my work through difficulties,...which it is useless to complain, and have brought i: at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 530 pages
...it ever so little. • " Seven years, my Lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my. work through tiifficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it,' at last, to the verge. of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 506 pages
...pleased " to have his all neglected, be it ever so " little. " Seven years, my Lord, have now passed " since I waited in your outward room, or was " repulsed...brought it at last to the " verge of publication, vyithout one act of as" sistance, one word of encouragement, or one " smile of favour. Such treatment... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1816 - 462 pages
...satrastic strain : •" Seven years, my lord, have now passed since I waiied in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficullies of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication,... | |
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