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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 Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 1

John Forster - 1854 - 512 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...has been " received ; or to be unwilling that the public should con" sider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has " enabled me to do for...
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A Compendium of English Literature, Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 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...not to confess obligations where no benefit has been receired, or to be unwilling that the public should consider rne as owing that to a patron, which Providence...
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Recollections of a Literary Life

Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 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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English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms. With a ...

William Chauncey Fowler - 1855 - 786 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...my work thus far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed, though I should conclude it, if less be possible,...
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The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith

John Forster - 1855 - 528 pages
...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 Providence has enabled me to do for myself." What ! said he in more familiar mood to Garrick, have I sailed a long and difficult voyage round the...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 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...not to confess obligations where no benefit has been receiTed, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that '.•a patron, which...
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Biographical Sketches of Eminent British Poets: Chronologically Arranged ...

1857 - 574 pages
...been delayed until 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...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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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 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...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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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: Complete in One Volume

Thomas Carlyle - 1857 - 604 pages
...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 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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The English language, in its elements and forms

William Chauncey Fowler - 1857 - 516 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 Providence has enabled me to do lor myself. "Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning,...
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