 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 402 ページ
...allusion to the loss of his wife and to his present situation, is exquisitely beautiful : " The nolice which you have been pleased to take of my labours,...been early, had been kind : but it has been delayed till I am indifi'erent, and cannot enjoy it : 3 Sec this matter explained in the Preface to the Adventurer,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 ページ
...The allusion to the loss of his wife and to his present situation, is exquisitely beautiful : "• The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, bad been kind : but it has been delayed till 1 am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it: til! 1 am solitary,... | |
 | Stephen Jones - 1812 - 50 ページ
...suffer" him to repeat the application. It was, as Johnson also well expressed it, like the conduct of " one who looks -with unconcern on a man struggling...when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help." So, Mr. Jones was left to spend hours, and days, and weeks, in the search after particulars, to which... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 ページ
...favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native...rocks. Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with Hnconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him... | |
 | 1814 - 568 ページ
...who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached the land, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had been kind ; but it has been delayed until I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 ページ
...favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native...been early, had been kind : but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known,... | |
 | 1815 - 544 ページ
...The allusion to the loss of his wife, and to his present situation, is exquisitely beautiful. — " The notice which you have been pleased to take of...been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I AM SOLITARY, and cannot impart it ; till I am known,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 548 ページ
...contempt. The allusion to the loss of his wife, and to his present situation, is exquisitely beautiful.—" The notice which you have been pleased to take of...been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I AM SOLITARY, and cannot impart it ; till I am known,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 154 ページ
...favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. 'The Shepherd in Virgil, grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native...been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitafry and cannot impart it; till I am known... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 ページ
...Such treatment I did not expect — for I never had a Patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native...been early, had been kind : but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known,... | |
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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 ;... 
