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" I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise. "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Page 83
by James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 560 pages
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...thoughts which so highly distinguish that performance. ' I (says he) may surely be contented without the praise of perfection, which if I could obtain in this...indifference was rather a temporary than an habitual feeling, appears, I think, from his letters to Mr. Warton" ; and however he may have been affected...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...thoughts which so highly distinguish that performance. ' I (says he) may surely be contented without the praise of perfection, which if I could obtain in this...indifference was rather a temporary than an habitual feeling, appears, I think, from his letters to Mr. Warton' ; and however he may have been affected...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...thoughts which so highly distinguish that performance. " I (says he) may surely be contented without the praise of perfection, which if I could obtain in this...indifference was rather a temporary than an habitual feeling, appears, I think, from his letters to Mr. Warton ; and however he may have been affected for...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pages
...change its ceconomy, and give their second edition another form, I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection, which, if I could obtain, in...little to fear or hope from censure Or from praise. PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING THE DRAMATIC WORKS •> WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Printed in the Year 1756. VV HEN...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical Illustrative of the ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 pages
...change its ceconomy, and give their second edition another form, I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection, which, if I could obtain, in...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise." More than half a. century has now elapsed since the publication of this great work, which, notwithstanding...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 pages
...change its (economy, and give their second edition another form, I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection, which, if I could obtain, in...tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or froia praise." More than half a. century has now elapsed since the publication of this great work,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...change its economy, and give their second edition another form, I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection, which, if I could obtain, in...protracted my work till most of those whom I wished t» please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are1 empty sounds. I therefore dismiss...
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Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - 1809 - 530 pages
...change its eeconomy, and give their second editiqn another form, I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection, which, if I could obtain, in...have protracted my work till most of those whom I wilied to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds: I therefore...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 pages
...change its oeconomy, and give their second edition another form, I may surely be coutented without the praise of perfection, which, if I could obtain, in...wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success andmiscarriage are empty sounds. 1 therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His Works

Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pages
...Rochester. edition another form ; I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection ; & hich if I could obtain in this gloom of solitude, * what...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise." As though he had foreseen some of the circumstances which would attend this publication, he observes,...
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