 Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page xivby Samuel Johnson - 1840Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 374 pages
...omitted a pecuniary obligation, however inconsiderable. -— C. "The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the...rocks. " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with un» concern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. Is not л rns me — I govern not it. He was one evening sitting had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 pages
...brought it at last to the verge of publication without one word of encouragement or one smile of favor. th what to sight or smell was sweet ! from thee How...world, to this obscure And wild ? How shall we breathe can look with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and then encumbers him with help?... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...treatment 1 did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the...struggling for life. in the water, and when he has leached ground encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors,... | |
 | University magazine - 1851 - 822 pages
...the definition of the gruff moralist, in his celebrated letter to Lord Chesterfield — " A patron is one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for...when he has reached ground encumbers him with help." Sir Walter Scott was not one of these. His kind heart and active benevolence went to work at once,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 pages
...treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the...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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 pages
...treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the...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... | |
 | 1852 - 436 pages
...letters in the English language. Everyone will remember its concluding sentences, where he asks, " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern...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... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 pages
...verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern...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,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 568 pages
...assistance/)one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. "The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the...when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help I The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind: but... | |
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