 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 páginas
...disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be pos~ sible, 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, your's," &c. &c. Johnson however acknowledged, to a friend, that he once received ten pounds from Lord... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 318 páginas
...obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I shonld conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have been long...hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exaltation, my lord, yonr lordship's most humble, most obedient servant. LETTER III. UR. JOHNSON TO... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 páginas
...learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with leis ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope,...which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, your, &ic." policy, affected to be quite unconcerned, and certainly was not,, in any respect, ashamed... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 páginas
...honourable* 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...humble, " Most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON." * And yet, if he meant Dr. Johnson by the subjoined portrait, how could he without criminal dissimulation... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 154 páginas
...disappointed though I should conclude it, if 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, your'a 53V. &c. ,•> Johnson however acknowledged, to a friend, that he once received ten pounds from... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 470 páginas
...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 dreurn of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation. " My Lord, " Your Lordship's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 páginas
...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...most humble " Most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON. "§ jThe following note is subjoined by Mr. Langton. " Dr. Johnson, when be gave me this copy of his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 370 páginas
...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...much exultation, MY LORD, Your Lordship's most humble and most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON." It is said, upon good authority, that Johnson once received... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 388 páginas
...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...humble, " Most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON."* 1 In this passage Dr. Johnson evidently alludes to the loss of his wife. We find the same tender recollection... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 398 páginas
...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 jboasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble, " Most obedient... | |
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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... 
