 | 1755 - 694 pages
...confefä that I nattered myfelf for and to Boyle. When I am animated by this wifh, I look with pleafure on my book, however defective, and deliver it to the world with the fpirit of a man that has endeavoured well. That it will immediately become popular, I have not promifed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1768 - 1002 pages
...wilh, I look with pleafure on my hook, however defective, and deliver it to the world with the fpiiit of a man that has endeavoured well. That it will immediately* become popular I have not promifed to myfelf: a few wild blunders, and rifible absurdities, from which no woik of hich multiplicity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 412 pages
...to Bacon, to Hooker, to Milton and to Boyle. When I am animated by this Wifli I look with Pleafure on my Book, however defective, and deliver it to the...endeavoured well. That it will immediately become come popular, I have not promifed to myfeJf ; A •few wild Blunders, and rifibJe Abfurdities, from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...Celebrity to Bacon, to Hooker, to Miltox and to Boyle. When I am animated by this Wifh I look with Pleafure on my Book, however defective, and deliver it to the World with the Spirit of a Man that lias endeavoured well. That it will immediately become come popular, I have not promifed to myfelf... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...to Bacon, to Hooker, to Mil" tan and to Boyle. When I am animated by this Wifh I look with Pleafure on my Book, however defective, and deliver it to the World with the Spirit of a Man that haiendeavoured well. That it will immediately become come popular, I have not promifed to myfclf :... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 pages
...to Bacon, to Hooker, to Milton, and to Boyle. When I am animated by this wifh, I look with pleafure on my book, however defective, and deliver it to the world with the fpirit of a man that has endeavoured well. That it will immediately become popular I have not promifed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...writings to the reputation of English literature must be left to time.' ' I deliver,' he says, ' my book to the world with the spirit of a man that has endeavoured well. ... In this work, when it shall be found that much is omitted, let it not be forgotten that much likewise... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...writings to the reputation of English literature must be left to time.' ' I deliver,' he says, ' my book to the world with the spirit of a man that has endeavoured well. ... In this work, when it shall be found that much is omitted, let it not be forgotten that much likewise... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 454 pages
...to Bacon, to Hooker, to Milton, and to Boyle. When I am animated by this wifh, I look with pleafure on my book, however defective, and deliver it to the world with the fpirit of a man that has endeavoured well. That it will immediately become popular I have not promifed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pages
...Hooker, to Mitt on to Boyle. When I am animated by tins wish, I look with pleasure on my book, ho1 defective, and deliver it to the world with the spirit of a man that has endeav well. That it will immediately become popular I have not promised to mysejf : wild blunders,... | |
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When I am animated by this wish, I look with pleasure on my book, however defective, and deliver it to the world with the spirit of a man that has endeavoured well. 
