 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...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 myself with so much exultation, My Lord, Your Lordship's most humble, most obedii POETS OJ? THE SEVENTH EBA. 351 CHAPTER XL OTHER WRITERS OF THE SEVENTH ERA. POETS. William Shenstonc.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...possible, with less; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasieJ myself with so much exultation, My Lord, Your Lordship's most humble, Most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON.' In the few years succeeding the publication of his " Dictionary," he employed himself... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...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 myself with so much...Your Lordship's most humble, Most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON. 213. FROM THE PREFACE TO HIS DICTIONARY. In hope of giving longevity to that which... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...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 myself with so much exultation, My Lord, Your Lordship's most humHe, Most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON.' In the few years succeeding the publication of his "... | |
 | Gems - 1866 - 168 pages
...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 myself with so much...Your Lordship's most humble, Most obedient Servant, IN CJ RATITUD E. • LOW, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude : Thy... | |
 | James Philemon Holcombe - 1866 - 540 pages
...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 myself with so much exultation,...your Lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, S. JOHNSON. XIII.— ON THE PUBLICATION OF HIS THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS. David Hume to Adam Smith.... | |
 | James Philemon Holcombe - 1866 - 548 pages
...it, if less be possible, with less, for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope in which 1 once boasted myself with so much exultation, my Lord,...your Lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, S. JOHNSON. THE PUBLICATION OF HIS THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS. David Hume to Adam Smith. LONDON, 12th... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 pages
...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 myself with so much exultation, my lord—Your lord ship's most humble, most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. EXERCISE CXVIH. JAMES BOSBEI.L,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for T have long been wakened from that dream of hope in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation,...your Lordship's most humble, most obedient servant. (1) Patron. It is amusing to read the definition of a "patron" in "the Dictionary " — '* one who... | |
 | Thomas Crampton - 1868 - 136 pages
...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 myself with so much exultation, My lord, yours, SAM. JOHNSON. In 1762, after thirty years' labour on almost every kind of composition in verse... | |
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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... 
