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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: An essay on the life and genius of ... - Page ix
by Samuel Johnson - 1837
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Life of Johnson: Including Their Tour to the Hebrides

James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pages
...it ever so little. •* Seven years, my lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, ; for after he and I were out of Sir Allan's hearing,...he had then no connection with the island, and had 1 never had a patron before. *' The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1860 - 496 pages
...be it ever so little. " Seven years, my lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time...verge of publication, without one act of assistance, 1 one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had...
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Half-hours of translation, or Extracts from the best British and American ...

Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 pages
...passed 11 since I waited in your outward rooms, 12 or was repulsed from your door; during which 13 time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties...complain, and have brought it at last to the verge 14 of publication, without one 15 act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or 16 one smile of...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3

Thomas Carlyle - 1860 - 490 pages
...your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my Work i through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain,...verge of publication, without one act of assistance, 2 one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. ' The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted...
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Materials for French prose composition, or selections from the best English ...

Ferdinand E A. Gasc - 1860 - 360 pages
...now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time6 I have been pushing on my work through difficulties,...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....
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pages
...have now passed since I waited in your tward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which u.ne I have been pushing on my work through difficulties,...to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the •erge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of couragement, or one smile of favor....
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Their Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 34

James Boswell - 1860 - 950 pages
...it ever so little. •| Seven yi-ars, my lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time...pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it i* useless to complain, and have brought it, at lunt, to the verge of publication, without one act...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3

Thomas Carlyle - 1860 - 494 pages
...from your door; during which time I havt- been pushing on my Work 1 through difficulties, of wl:ieh it is useless to complain, and have brought it at...verge of publication, without one act of assistance, 2 one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. ' The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted...
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The wits and beaux of society, by Grace and Philip Wharton

Katherine Thomson - 1861 - 654 pages
...well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. ' Seven years, my lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward room, or was repulsed...one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour : guch treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. ... Is not a patron, my lord, one...
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The Wits and Beaux of Society

Grace Wharton, Philip Wharton - 1861 - 522 pages
...in what he called " civil terms," to Chesterfield, from which we extract the following passages: " Seven years, my lord, have now passed, since I waited...it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at K last, to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one...
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