 | Dean King - 2001 - 436 pages
...O'Brian quoted as an example of superb prose rhythm Samuel Johnson's famous rebuff of Lord Chesterfield: Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern...am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known and do not want it. (Boswell, Life of Johnson, p. 185) True, the passage was illustrative of eloquent... | |
 | Joseph R. McElrath, Jr., Robert C. Leitz, Jesse S. Crisler - 2001 - 644 pages
...one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached the ground encumbers him with help? The notice which you...am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit... | |
 | Louisa May Alcott - 2001 - 628 pages
...had nearly completed his Dictionary: Johnson wrote a sharp letter of rebuttal to Chesterfield, saying "The notice which you have been pleased to take of...am solitary and cannot impart it, till I am known and do not want it" (Redford 1:96). See p. 234, note 2. and can't enjoy it — solitary, and can't... | |
 | Brian Hanley - 2001 - 308 pages
...with help?" writes Samuel Johnson in his famous letter to Lord Chesterfield, dated 7 February 1755. "The notice which you have been pleased to take of...am solitary and cannot impart it, till I am known and do not want it." 59 Johnson's epistolary rebuke to Lord Chesterfield and the unsatisfying relationship... | |
 | 张秀国 - 2005 - 288 pages
...repetition to express his contempt for and strong indignation at Lord Chesterfield's hypocrisy; (14) The notice which you have been pleased to take of...am solitary and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. (Samuel Johnson) Parallelism is one of the most frequently used of all English... | |
 | Niall Rudd - 2005 - 232 pages
...been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has 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 no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit... | |
 | Edward Andrew - 2006 - 297 pages
...Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, once he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The...am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has... | |
 | Duane Robert Pierson - 2006 - 88 pages
...the water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help? The notice which i/ou have taken of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but...am solitary and cannot impart it, till I am known and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity to confess obligation where no benefit has... | |
 | Northrop Frye - 2006 - 608 pages
...been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has 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.20 In more than one sense these are "measured" words. We noticed a similar phrase... | |
 | James Boswell - 2008 - 1024 pages
...have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,1 one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment...cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it;2 till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations... | |
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Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for 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 early, had been kind... 
