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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 the ground encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind;... "
Literary Studies from the Great British Authors - Página 161
por Horace Hills Morgan - 1880 - 440 páginas
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Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, Volumen59

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...
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The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, Volumen1

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,...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

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...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

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...
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Biographical Sketches of Eminent British Poets: Chronologically Arranged ...

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...
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Samuel Johnson

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...
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Life of Johnson

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...
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Mozart

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,...
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Dr. Johnson's Women

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...
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Essays and Speeches: Essays and Speeches

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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