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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 it... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., and the Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides - Page 179
by James Boswell - 1885
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...been delayed till I am indifferent, and can not enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and can not impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is...benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which providence has enabled me to do for myself....
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 1

Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 pages
...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 it is...me to do for myself. " Having carried on my work, therefore, with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though...
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Sketches of English Literature from the Fourteenth to the Present Century

Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 pages
...been delayed till I am indifferent and cannot enjoy it, till I am solitary and cannot impart itf , till I am known and do not want it. I hope it is no...benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing * See page 205. f Alluding to the death of his wife, which had occurred...
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The Modern British Essayists: Carlyle, Thomas. Critical and miscellaneous essays

1852 - 590 pages
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays

Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 568 pages
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Pitman's Journal of Commercial Education, Volume 11

1852 - 436 pages
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The National Magazine, Volume 2

Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 594 pages
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Samuel Johnson

Thomas Carlyle - 1853 - 120 pages
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Works, Including His Letters to His Son, &c: To which is Prefixed an ...

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it: till I am solitary, and cannot impart it: till 1 am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very...benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself....
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The National Magazine, Volume 2

Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 pages
...till I am indifferent, and caunot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and caunot impart it ;t till I sin known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess ohligatious where no henefit has heen received, or to he unwilling that the puhlic should cousider...
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