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" The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope... "
The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ... - Page 47
by Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 394 pages
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of a tour to ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1831 - 602 pages
...enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it3; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations...benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the publick should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself....
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The National Orator;: Consisting of Selections, Adapted for Rhetorical ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations...that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far, my lord, with so lit. tie obligation to any favorer...
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The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 60

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1862 - 628 pages
...enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations...should consider me as owing that to a patron which PBOVIDENCE has enabled me to do for myself.' As might be expected, Chesterfield tried to appear unconcerned,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the ...

James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 pages
...enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it5: till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations...benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the publick should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself....
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Murphy's essay. The rambler. The adventurer. The idler. Rasselas. Tales of ...

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 pages
...enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is as attempted at other times the crafts of shoe-maker,...for them, by better information. But his daily amuse to do for myself. "Having carried on my work thus far with go little obligation to any favourer of...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations...benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the publick should consider me as owing that to a patron,0 which Providence has enabled me to do for myself....
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1835 - 378 pages
...it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it(') ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations...that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. " Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...enjoy'it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it 5; till I am known, and do not want it I hope it is " MAYO. "Then, sir, we are to remain always in errour,...never can prevail; and the magistrate was right in publick should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for mvself....
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The Young Lady's Book of Classical Letters: Consisting of Epistolary ...

1836 - 342 pages
...enjoy it j till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations...that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: An essay on the life and genius of ...

Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations...that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. "Having carried on my work thus far with BO little obligation to any favourer of...
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