 Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 187by James Boswell - 1922Full view - About this book
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...consider me as owing that to a patron which providence has enabled me to do for myself. Having carried ou my work thus far with so little obligation to any...learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclnde it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long awakened from that dream of hope,... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 pages
...public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself " shall we breathe in other favorer of learning, I shall not he disappointed, though I should conclude it, if less be possible,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 pages
...a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. " Having carried on my work, therefore, with so little obligation to any favourer of learning,...Your Lordship's most humble, " Most obedient servant, " SAMUEL JOHNSON." My concluding extract is of a very different description — as different as the... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 568 pages
...of "Love's being a native of the rocks'' actually has a "n^eaning." 330 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON. "Having carried on my Work thus far with so little...conclude it, if less be possible, with less : for I have long been awakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation.... | |
 | 1852 - 590 pages
...kas a "meaning." 330 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON. " Having carried on my Work thus far with so litlle obligation to any favourer of learning ; I shall not...conclude it, if less be possible, with less : for I have long been awakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation.... | |
 | 1852 - 436 pages
...public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so little...of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I shall conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have long wakened from that dream of hope,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. '• Having carried on my work thus far with so little...most humble, most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON." This letter has given rise to many remarks ; those by the recent editor of Johnson's life *, devoted... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1853 - 130 pages
...public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. ' Having carried on my Work thus far with so little...conclude it, if less be possible, with less : for I have long been awakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation,... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 594 pages
...public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. " Having carried on 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,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 pages
...enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I...Your Lordship's most humble, Most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON.' In the few years succeeding the publication of his " Dictionary,'1 lit- f-rnployed... | |
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