 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which...most humble, most obedient servant — SAM. JOHNSON. Reflections on Landing at lona. We were now treading that illustrious island which was once the luminary... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - 594 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...your Lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, « SAX. JOHKBOH." And thus must the rebellions " Sam. Johnson" turn him to the Bookselling guild, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 pages
...solitary, and cannot impart it5; till 1 am known, and do not want it. 1 hope it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations where no benefit...lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, "SAM. JoHusou6." "While this was the talk of the town 7, (says Dr. Adams, in a letter to me) I happened to-visit... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 374 pages
...asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which...most humble, most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON." (2) (1) In this passage Dr. Johnson evidently alludes to the loss of his wife. We find the same tender... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...to do for myself. " Having carried on my work, therefore, with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I...Your Lordship's most humble, " Most obedient servant, " SAMUEL JOHNSON." My concluding extract is of a very different description—as different as the character... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...disappointed though I should conclnde it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long awakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself...most humble, most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. While Johnson was laboriously engaged on his ' Dictionary,' his tragedy of Irene, was, through the... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 pages
...a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. " Having carried on my work, therefore, with so little obligation to any favourer of learning,...Your Lordship's most humble, " Most obedient servant, " SAMUEL JOHNSON." My concluding extract is of a very different description — as different as the... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 568 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. JOHDSTSOBT." And thus must the rebellious " Sam. Johnson" turn him to the Bookselling guild, and the... | |
 | 1852 - 590 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...your Lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, "SiM. JOHNSON." And thus must the rebellious " Sam. Johnson" turn him to the Bookselling guild, and... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which...most humble, most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON." This letter has given rise to many remarks ; those by the recent editor of Johnson's life *, devoted... | |
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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... 
