 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and wheu he has reached ground encumbers him with help ? The...it: till I am solitary, and cannot impart it: till 1 am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1853 - 130 pages
...on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help P The . notice which you have been pleased to take of...am solitary and 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... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 594 pages
...reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been...cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it;f till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations... | |
 | John Forster - 1854 - 642 pages
...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...am solitary, and 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... | |
 | 1882 - 858 pages
...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...solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.' But though ' Too late ' has a mournful sound, like the plaintiveness of a minor... | |
 | Harry Croswell - 1854 - 550 pages
...in the spirit of Johnson to Chesterfield : ' The notice which you have been pleased to take of me, had it been early, had been kind. But it has been...solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.'" Such an answer, as appears from a subsequent letter, was drawn up ; but on reflection,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...reached the ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been...am solitary, and 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... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1857 - 516 pages
...patron, my lord, one who can look with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and then encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have...solitary, and 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...the ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been...solitary, and 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... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1857 - 604 pages
...reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my laboars, had it been early, had been kind : but it has been...am solitary and 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... | |
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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 ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind... 
