 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.  The Life of Samuel Johnson - Page 72by James Boswell - 1873 - 576 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - 1858 - 362 pages
...vainqueur de la terre; — that I might obtain5 that regard for which I saw the world contending; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither...exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly4 scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 pages
...•caanjueur de la lerre ; — 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 ; and... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 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 neither...pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pages
...vainqueur de la terre 3 ; — that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither...uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that 1 could ; and no man is well pleased to have bis all neglected, be it ever so little. •* Seven years,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 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 neither...addressed your lordship in public, I had exhausted all ie art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can pos!ss. I had done all that I could ;... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 pages
...but I found my attendance 7 so little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to 8 continue it. When I had once addressed your Lordship...which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess ; 9 I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1860 - 376 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 neither...continue it. When I had once addressed your lordship in publick, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess.... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 550 pages
...vatuqtittir tie la terre,— that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged that neither...pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...vainqucur 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 neither...pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 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 neither...pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your... | |
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