 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 pages
...complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance2, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour....acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks 3. 1 [No very moderate expectation for " a retired and nnconrtly scholar!" — ED.] 1 The following... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 374 pages
...complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance^), one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour....I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. precise and probable ground for Johnson's animosity than Boswell gives, by hinting that Johnson expected... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 pages
...complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance ' , one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for 1 never had a patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquaintcd with Lovct and found... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pages
...prospect of the trade wind, hard to move. ' The 'shepherd in Virgil,' said Johnson to Lord Chesterfield, ' grew at last acquainted with love, and found him a native ' of the rocks.' Nor had adverse circumstances been without their effect upon the literary character itself. Covered... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 1294 pages
...prospect of the trade wiud, hard to move. ' The 'shepherd in Virgil,' said Johnson to Lord Chesterfield, ' grew at last acquainted with love, and found him a native ' of the rocks.' Nor had adverse circumstances been without their effect upon the literary character itself. Covered... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...prospect of the trade wind, hard to move. ' The 'shepherd in Virgil,' said Johnson to Lord Chesterfield, ' grew at last acquainted with love, and found him a native ' of the rocks." Nor had adverse circumstances been without their effect upon the literary character itself. Covered... | |
 | 1848 - 798 pages
...prospect of the trade-wind hard to move. ' The shepherd in Virgil,' said Johnson to Lord Chesterfield, ' grew at last acquainted with love, and found him a native of the rocks." Nor had adverse circumstances been without their effect upon the literary character itself. Covered... | |
 | 1850 - 450 pages
...to thé verge of publication, wilhoul onc act of assistance or one srnile of favour. Such trealmenl I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted wilh love, and found him a native of thé rocks. Is not a patron, myLord, onewho looks with unconceni... | |
 | Morning call - 1850 - 618 pages
...offer of patronage when it was no longer needed. We recall to mind his indignant expressions — " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a person while he is struggling in the water, and when he has reached the shore, encumbers him with help?"... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour....acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but... | |
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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 verge of publication, without one act of assistance,*... 
