 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
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1858 - 424 pages
...should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed, though I...exultation. ' ' My lord, your lordship's most humble and most obedient servant, " SAMUEL JOHNSON." 11. " Triumphal arch ! that fill'st the sky When storms... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pages
...thus far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though 1 should conclude it, if less be possible, with less...Your Lordship's most humble, Most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON.' In the few years succeeding the publication of his " Dictionary," he employed himself... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 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...less be possible, with less ; for I have been long awakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, my lord,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1858 - 570 pages
...in the latter, that this of "Love's being a native of tba rocks" actually has a "meaning." 330 331 "Having carried on my Work thus far with so little...conclude it, if less be possible, with less : for 1 have long been awakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation.... | |
 | Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - 1858 - 362 pages
...to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for1 myself. Having carried on rny work thus far2 with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should3 conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have long been wakened from that dream of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 pages
...thus far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though 1 should conclude it, if less be possible, with less...Your Lordship's most humble, Most obedient servant, JOHNSON.' In the few years succeeding the publication of his " Dictionary,'' he employed himself in... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1859 - 628 pages
...naliv* of IIM rocka" actually kat a " meaning." "Having carried on my Work thus far wilh so lilile obligation to any favourer of learning ; I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude ii, if less be possible, with less: for ] have long been awakened from that dream of hope, in which... | |
 | United States. Internal Revenue Service - 1961 - 216 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,... | |
 | Calvin Darlington Linton - 1962 - 216 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,... | |
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