 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...  Samuel Johnson - Page 46by Sir Leslie Stephen - 1878 - 195 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...of earning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with ess ; thinks. He has not a moral right, for he ought to inform himself, an boast;d myself with so much exultation. My lord, your lordship's most humble, most obedient servant,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...obligation to any favourer of learning, I Khali not be disappointed, though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long...I once boasted myself with so much exultation, ~My Lordr your Lordship's most humble, ^ And most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON." It is said, upon good... | |
 | 1838 - 1050 pages
...disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long awakened from that dream of hope in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, yours, Johnson, however, acknowledged to a friend that he once received 101. from Lord Chesterfield... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1839 - 412 pages
...disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less : for I have long been awakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself...Lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, ' SAM. JOHUSOH.' And thus must the rebellious ' Sam. Johnson ' turn him to the Bookselling guild, and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 334 pages
...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...exultation. " My lord, your lordship's most humble " ' pd most obedient servant, n«*M| , 'And " SAMUEL JOHNSON." It was in the summer of 1754 that the... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1841 - 338 pages
...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...your lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, S. JOHNSON. Wm. Cowper, Esq. to the Rev. Wra. Unwin. September 21, 1779. Amico mio, be pleased to buy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 624 pages
...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...once boasted myself with so much exultation, My Lord, yonr Lordship's most humble, And most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON." It is said, upon good authority,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if ve promise of a brighter day ; The clouds dispersed...t— May dwell with pleasure unalloyed, And dread no poetry of Johnson forms but a small portion of the history of his mind or of his works. His imitations... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...learning, 1 shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with lees ; & T ճ ϋ < 7lʵ )e7 za p9 8t &2r/-# ,J{: + 4= #̼( &y...{o ٔK 尝fxJ O #mɅ w a : 0 m I L A K 4KpU& Qf d poetry of Johnson forms but a small portion of the history of his mind or of his works. His imitations... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...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...most humble, most obedient servant — SAM. JOHNSON. Reflections on Landing at lona. We were now treading that illustrious island which was once the luminary... | |
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