 I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,*...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 196by James Boswell - 1826Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 496 pages
...complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, 1 one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour....a patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at least acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. "Is not a patron, my lord, one who... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1860 - 376 pages
...complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour...I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. ... Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man who is struggling for life in the... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1860 - 494 pages
...publication, without one act of assistance, 2 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 rocks. ' la not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a nun struggling for life in the water,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pages
...complain, and have brought it. at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance ', one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for 1 never had a patron before. *' The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 pages
...would suffer me to, ne m« permirent de— 9 which a retired and Such treatment I did not expect, 1 for I never had a patron before. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with 2 Love, and found him a native of rocks. Is not a patron, my Lord, one 3 who looks on with unconcern... | |
 | Grace Wharton, Philip Wharton - 1861 - 522 pages
...encouragement, or one smile of favour :• such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man who is struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help ?... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1861 - 654 pages
...publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour : guch treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. ... Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man who is struggling for life in the... | |
 | James Whiteside - 1862 - 100 pages
...wrote a letter to the Earl of Chesterfield, never to be forgotten by the author, or the scholar. " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help." It is believed Lord Chesterfield... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. In the deep mines of science, though Frenchmen may toil. Can their strength be compared to Locke, Newton,... | |
 | 1864 - 808 pages
...useless to complain, and brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expert — for I never had a patron before. "The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love,... | |
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