| 1882 - 858 páginas
...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...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... | |
| John Forster - 1854 - 642 páginas
...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...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,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 páginas
...conqueror of the world. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks...The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 páginas
...Dryden and Pope ; The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks...The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot... | |
| 1857 - 574 páginas
...more than a single extract from this spirited effusion of wounded pride and insulted feeling : — " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern...encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have heen pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed until... | |
| Lawrence Lipking - 2009 - 396 páginas
...a disillusionment with patrons in general. No reader can miss the aim of Johnson's loaded question: "Is not a Patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern...struggling for Life in the water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help" — a definition so peremptory that it need not end with a question... | |
| James Boswell - 1998 - 1540 páginas
...before. "The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.1 'Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern...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... | |
| Peter Gay - 1999 - 204 páginas
...much-quoted letter to Lord Chesterfield, Samuel Johnson issued a resounding declaration of independence: "Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern...struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?" Two years later, in his Dictionary of the English Language, Johnson,... | |
| Norma Clarke - 2001 - 282 páginas
...did not expect, for I never had a Patron before . . The letter continued in tones of heavy sarcasm: Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern...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... | |
| Joseph R. McElrath, Jr., Robert C. Leitz, Jesse S. Crisler - 2001 - 644 páginas
...had a patron before. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks...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, and do not want it.... | |
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