 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 530 pages
...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...struggling for life in the water, and, when he has teached the ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 pages
...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...found him a native of the rocks. " Is not a Patron, fny Lord, one who look* with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 pages
...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...found him a native of the rocks. " Is not a Patron, ray Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...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 acquainted with love, and found him a native of the rocks. " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pages
...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...rocks. Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with Hnconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him... | |
 | Stephen Jones - 1812 - 50 pages
...suffer" him to repeat the application. It was, as Johnson also well expressed it, like the conduct of " one who looks -with unconcern on a man struggling...when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help." So, Mr. Jones was left to spend hours, and days, and weeks, in the search after particulars, to which... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1816 - 462 pages
...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. " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for his life in the water,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,J one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never...ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which yon have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...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...man. struggling for life in the water, and, when he luis reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which yon have been pleased to take of my... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 368 pages
...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 acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. " Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks... | |
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... 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, one word of encouragement,... 
