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" I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. "
Selections from the Works of Samuel Johnson - Page 26
by Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 479 pages
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A Compendium of English Literautre: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...du vainqueur de la terre;*— that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that...which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little....
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Half-hours of translation, or Extracts from the best British and American ...

Alphonse Mariette - 1863 - 400 pages
...so little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to 10 continue it. When I had 11 once addressed your Lordship in public, I had exhausted...which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess ; 12 I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever...
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Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending; but I found my attendance BO little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty...which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little....
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...vainqueur de la terre ;'— that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that...which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little....
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Gems of Literature, Elegant, Rare, and Suggestive ...

Gems - 1866 - 168 pages
...rainqucur dn vainqncur dc la tcrrc; that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that...which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little....
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Effective Revenue Writing: Advanced course

United States. Internal Revenue Service, Lucile B. Spurlock, Luthera Burton Dawson - 1961 - 216 pages
...your Lordship, I was overpowered like the rest of mankind by the enchantment of your address . . . ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged that...neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it .... Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from...
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Effective Revenue Writing: Advanced course, by C. D. Linton

United States. Internal Revenue Service - 1961 - 216 pages
...your Lordship, I was overpowered like the rest of mankind by the enchantment of your address . . . ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged that...neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it .... Seven years, rny Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from...
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Effective Revenue Writing, 2: An Advanced Course Designed to Help ...

Calvin Darlington Linton - 1962 - 216 pages
...your Lordship, I was overpowered like the rest of mankind by the enchantment of your address . . . ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged that...neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it .... Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson

Robert Anderson - 696 pages
...vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre, that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that...addressed your Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the arts of pleasing, which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ;...
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Words that Taste Good

Bill Moore - 1987 - 180 pages
...your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address. . . But I found my attendance so little encouraged, that...which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little....
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