 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; but...  The Philology of the English Tongue - Pagina 469di John Earle - 1880 - 700 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Arnold Rogow - 1999 - 374 pagine
...the work not long after, Johnson wrote him bitterly: "Had [your notice] been early, [it would have been] kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent,...cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it." Johnson had addressed the "Plan" of the Dictionary to Chesterfield. Oxford Companion to English Literature,... | |
 | Norma Clarke - 2001 - 282 pagine
...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...cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. 1 hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received,... | |
 | John Richardson - 2000 - 416 pagine
...been pleased to take of mv Labours, had it been earlv, had been kind; but it has been delayed till 1 am indifferent and cannot enjoy it, till I am solitary...cannot impart it, till I am known and do not want it. 1 hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligation where no benefit has been received,... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1995 - 866 pagine
...complains that Chesterfield's commendation as a patron of his A Dictionary of the English Language 'has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till l am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it' (Horwell's Life of Johnson,... | |
 | Dean King - 2001 - 436 pagine
...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...cannot impart it; till I am known and do not want it. (Boswell, Life of Johnson, p. 185) True, the passage was illustrative of eloquent rhythm, but O'Brian's... | |
 | Louisa May Alcott - 2001 - 628 pagine
...had nearly completed his Dictionary: Johnson wrote a sharp letter of rebuttal to Chesterfield, saying "The notice which you have been pleased to take of...cannot impart it, till I am known and do not want it" (Redford 1:96). See p. 234, note 2. and can't enjoy it — solitary, and can't share it, independent,... | |
 | Joseph R. McElrath, Jr., Robert C. Leitz, Jesse S. Crisler - 2001 - 644 pagine
...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...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 has been received,... | |
 | Brian Hanley - 2001 - 308 pagine
...with help?" writes Samuel Johnson in his famous letter to Lord Chesterfield, dated 7 February 1755. "The notice which you have been pleased to take of...cannot impart it, till I am known and do not want it." 59 Johnson's epistolary rebuke to Lord Chesterfield and the unsatisfying relationship that the letter... | |
 | 辜正坤 - 2003 - 580 pagine
...help?'"1 The notice which you have been pleased to take of my Labours,'23' had it been early, (2j"had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary,'25'and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it':6>. I hope it is no very cynical... | |
 | 张秀国 - 2005 - 288 pagine
...repetition to express his contempt for and strong indignation at Lord Chesterfield's hypocrisy; (14) The notice which you have been pleased to take of...till I am known, and do not want it. (Samuel Johnson) Parallelism is one of the most frequently used of all English rhetorical devices. Anyone who has learnt... | |
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