 | 1853 - 528 pages
...and his wife, through friendship for their son—he would regret the bitter taunt to Chesterfield—" Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern...and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?"—and would have wished Moore to say of Lansdowne, as he himself said of poor, mad, open-hearted... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 pages
...one smile: of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron hefore. " The shepherd in ' Virgil' grew at last acquainted with Love, and...rocks. " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with uneoneern on a man struggling for life iu the water, and when he luis reached ground, eneumhers him... | |
 | 1853 - 708 pages
...celebrated Letter to Lord Chesterfield, says, in reference to the hollowness of patronage : " The shepherd, in Virgil, grew at last acquainted with Love ; and found him a native of the rocks." To what passage in Virgil does Johnson here refer, and what is the point intended to be conveyed ?... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 pages
...two cock boaU to tow me Into harbor T" 2 The conqueror of the conqueror of the world. 55 The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. la not a patron, mv lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 pages
...one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found...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... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1855 - 786 pages
...favor. 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 can look with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and then encumbers him with help?... | |
 | John Forster - 1855 - 528 pages
...of the trade wind, hard to move. ' ' The shepherd in Virgil, " wrote Johnson to Lord Chesterfield, "grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a "native of the rocks." Nor had adverse circumstances been without their effect upon the literary character itself. Covered... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 802 pages
...two cork boar« to tow nw Into tarbor I" 3 Tbe conqueror of the conqueror of the world. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found...struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached the ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1857 - 598 pages
...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...The notice which you have been pleased to take of my laboars, had it been early, had been kind : but it has been delayed till I am indifferent and cannot... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...satires, cplauea, and odes would they cope. Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope ; The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found...struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached the ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors,... | |
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