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" 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 verge... "
Lives of Men of Letters and Science who Flourished in the Time of George III - Page 29
by Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1846
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...which it is useless 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 favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. In the deep mines of science,...
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The Attaché: Or Sam Slick in England

Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1856 - 370 pages
...of which it is useless 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 favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.' " " Ah !" said Mr. Hopewell,...
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The Attaché: Or Sam Slick in England

Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1856 - 370 pages
...of which it is useless 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 favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.'" " Ah !" said Mr. Hopewell,...
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Discourses on Special Occasions, and Miscellaneous Papers :

Cornelius Van Santvoord - 1856 - 470 pages
...with the adverse elements, " to the verge of publication," " without," as he tells Chesterfield, " one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor." He had commanded success, and moved thenceforward a monarch in the world of letters. Webster,...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: Complete in One Volume

Thomas Carlyle - 1857 - 604 pages
...of which it is useless 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. "The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. "Is...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...which it is useless lo complain, and have brought it, at kst, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. In the deep mines of science,...
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Sam Slick in England; or, The attaché, by the author of 'The clockmaker'.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1858 - 524 pages
...of which it is useless 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. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.' " "Ah!" said Mr. Hopewell, "a man...
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Materials for French Prose Composition ...

Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - 1858 - 362 pages
...which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge 7 of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect,8 for I never had a patron before. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 pages
...of which it is useless 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. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays

Thomas Carlyle - 1859 - 620 pages
...of which it is nseless 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. "The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. "Is...
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