| Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and wheu he has reached ground encumbers him with help ? The...it: till I am solitary, and cannot impart it: till 1 am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1853 - 130 pages
...on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help P 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. I hope, it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations, where no benefit... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 594 pages
...reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been...cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it;f till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations... | |
| John Forster - 1854 - 642 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...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... | |
| 1882 - 858 pages
...and its author well known, that nobleman appeared proud of the title. It was then that Johnson wrote: 'Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern...solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.' But though ' Too late ' has a mournful sound, like the plaintiveness of a minor... | |
| Harry Croswell - 1854 - 550 pages
...in the spirit of Johnson to Chesterfield : ' The notice which you have been pleased to take of me, had it been early, had been kind. But it has been...solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.'" Such an answer, as appears from a subsequent letter, was drawn up ; but on reflection,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...reached the ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been...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... | |
| William Chauncey Fowler - 1857 - 516 pages
...patron, my lord, one who can look with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and then encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have...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... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...the ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been...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... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1857 - 604 pages
...reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my laboars, had it been early, had been kind : but it has been...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... | |
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