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Characteristic Anecdotes of Men of Learning and Genius: Natives of Great ... - Page 547
by John Watkins - 1808 - 552 pages
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Their Tour to the Hebrides

James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 pages
...expect, for 1 never had a patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquaintcd with Lovct and found him a native of the rocks.* ** Is not a...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...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1848 - 374 pages
...kis anteroom, he ought not to have omitted a pecuniary obligation, however inconsiderable. -— C. "The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with...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...
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The life and adventures of Oliver Goldsmith

John Forster - 1848 - 744 pages
...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...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...
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The life and adventures of Oliver Goldsmith

John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...prospect of the trade wind, hard to move. ' The 'shepherd in Virgil,' said Johnson to Lord Chesterfield, ' grew at last acquainted with love, and found him a native ' of the rocks." Nor had adverse circumstances been without their effect upon the literary character itself. Covered...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volumes 184-185

1848 - 798 pages
...prospect of the trade-wind hard to move. ' The shepherd in Virgil,' said Johnson to Lord Chesterfield, ' grew at last acquainted with love, and found him a native of the rocks." Nor had adverse circumstances been without their effect upon the literary character itself. Covered...
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The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography in Four Books, Part 2

John Forster - 1848 - 1294 pages
...prospect of the trade wiud, hard to move. ' The 'shepherd in Virgil,' said Johnson to Lord Chesterfield, ' grew at last acquainted with love, and found him a native ' of the rocks.' Nor had adverse circumstances been without their effect upon the literary character itself. Covered...
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Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith

Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pages
...prospect of the trade wind, hard to move. ' The 'shepherd in Virgil,' said Johnson to Lord Chesterfield, ' grew at last acquainted with love, and found him a native ' of the rocks.' Nor had adverse circumstances been without their effect upon the literary character itself. Covered...
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The Morning call, by mrs. Ellis, Volume 2; Volume 39

Morning call - 1850 - 618 pages
...offer of patronage when it was no longer needed. We recall to mind his indignant expressions — " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a person while he is struggling in the water, and when he has reached the shore, encumbers him with help?"...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment 1 did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted...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,...
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Cyclopedia of English Literature: a Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, fur I never had a patron before. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted...Love, and found him a native of the rocks. Is not л patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when...
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