 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 350 pages
...wife and to his present situation is exquisitely beautiful : " The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been...till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till / am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it." Lord Chesterfield is said... | |
 | Harry Croswell - 1854 - 550 pages
...in the spirit of Johnson to Chesterfield : ' The notice which you have been pleased to take of me, had it been early, had been kind. But it has been...I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.'" Such an answer, as appears... | |
 | George Hayward - 1855 - 468 pages
...Johnson used to Lord Chesterfield : . " The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been...I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am known, and do not want it." Such chilling neglect is among the severest trials in the life of a medical... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 pages
...reached ground encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and can not enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and can not impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1855 - 786 pages
...water, and then encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and can not enjoy it; till I am solitary, and can not impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pages
...discontented persons and one ingrate. Louis XIV of France (1638-1715) The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been...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. Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been...till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am SOUtary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. SAMUEL JOHNSON, (1709-1784) British... | |
 | 298 pages
...water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been...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." Charles Dickens caricatured Chesterfield... | |
 | Greg Clingham - 1997 - 290 pages
...as a lethally accurate missile. "The notice which you have been pleased to take of my Labours . . . 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": it is the spat-out closing monosyllables... | |
 | James Boswell - 1998 - 1540 pages
...water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been...till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till 1 am solitary, and cannot impart it ;* till I am known, and do not want it. 1 hope it is no very cynical... | |
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The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; 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. 
