 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...meanness of dedication." Such a man when he had finished his Dictionary, " not," as he says himself, " in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the...inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow, and without the patronage of the great," was not likely to be caught hy the lure thrown out by Lord... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 pages
...faultsof that which it condemns ; yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned,...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academick bowers, but amid inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1810 - 532 pages
...happiness and peace. And how, and when', did he perform these benefits to his fellow-creatures ? ' Not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under...inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.' " It, surely, is not the least of his merits, that he bestowed such incaleulable advantages on mankind,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1810 - 528 pages
...happiness and peace. And how, and where, did he perform these benefits to his fellow-creatures ? ' Not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under...inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.' • | " It, surely, is not the least of his merits, that he bestowed such incaleulable advantages on... | |
 | 1811 - 418 pages
...under which he wrote that work: " With little assistance of the learned, and wit/tout any fiatronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement^...inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow." With the recollection of so many embarrassments, pressing themselves upon the mind, we cannot help... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1812 - 808 pages
...of that which it condemns ; yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned,...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academick bowers, but amid inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress... | |
 | 1813 - 1082 pages
...published the plan of his English Dictionary, which, when given to the world in 1 755, he said had been " written with little assistance of the learned, and...amidst inconvenience and distraction in sickness and sorrow." The intervals of this compilation were sufficient to allow of various literary avocations.... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pages
...of that which it condemns), yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned,...inconvenience^ and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress the triumph of malignant criticism, to observe, that if our language is not here fully... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...passing over him. His labour* for the information and improvement of others, " have not been carried on in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the...inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow." The Editor presumes he shall be readily believed when he declares, that he considers his publication... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 514 pages
...of that which it condemns ; yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned,...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academick bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress... | |
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Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. 
