 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
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 pagine
...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...had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been dela} ed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 402 pagine
...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,...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, British... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pagine
...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,... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pagine
...life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which yon have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been...cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart itt; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations... | |
 | 1814 - 568 pagine
...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...cannot impart it; till I am known and do not want it." " How little knowest thou who hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide, To waste Ions;... | |
 | 1815 - 544 pagine
...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...impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it." Lord Chesterfield is said to have concealed his feelings on this occasion with his usual art, conscious,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pagine
...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. I hope it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 548 pagine
...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...impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it." Lord Chesterfield is said to have concealed his feelings on this occasion with his usual art, conscious,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 506 pagine
...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 "...impart it ; till I am " known, and do not want it. I hope it is " no very cynical asperity not to confess ob" ligations where no benefit has been re"... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 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. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to . confess obligations where no benefit has been received,... | |
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