 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 pages
...disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have long been awakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself...your lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, "SiM. JOHNSON." And thus must the rebellious "Sam. Johnson" turn him to the Bookselling guild, and... | |
 | William Baptiste Scoones - 1880 - 608 pages
...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...Lordship's most humble most obedient servant SAM JOHNSON. CXLVII. In this instance, however, we find Dr. Johnson gracefully apologising for unwittingly wounding... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 pages
...asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which...most humble, Most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. Hit Dictionary. In hope of giving longevity to that which its own nature forbids to be immortal, I... | |
 | William Baptiste Scoones - 1880 - 606 pages
...Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with BO little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall...Your Lordship's most humble most obedient servant _ SAM JOHNSON. OXLVII. In this instance, however, we find Dr. Johnson gracefully apologising for unwittingly... | |
 | United States. Internal Revenue Service - 1961 - 216 pages
...disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have long awakened from that dream of hope in which I once boasted myself...most humble, most obedient servant, SAM : JOHNSON. Incidentally, it might be good practice to go through Johnson's version and underline all parallel... | |
 | United States. Internal Revenue Service, Lucile B. Spurlock, Luthera Burton Dawson - 1961 - 216 pages
...disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have long awakened from that dream of hope in which I once boasted myself...most humble, most obedient servant, SAM : JOHNSON. Incidentally, it might be good practice to go through Johnson's version and underline all parallel... | |
 | Calvin Darlington Linton - 1962 - 216 pages
...disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have long awakened from that dream of hope in which I once boasted myself...most humble, most obedient servant, SAM : JOHNSON. Incidentally, it might be good practice to go through Johnson's version and underline all parallel... | |
 | Ida Ehrlich - 2005 - 587 pages
...obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less he possible, with less; for I have been long wakened...Lordship's most humble, most obedient servant; Sam. Johnson (From Samuel Johnson's letter to Lord Chesterfield.) KEY NO. 249 OSS • OSTEO bone is the Root OSS,... | |
 | Tim Fulford - 1996 - 274 pages
...which Providence has enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so litde obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not...most humble, Most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. (Boswell, vol. i, pp. 261-3) Chesterfield had treated the subject of independence lighdy in the anonymous... | |
 | Joan G. Nagle - 1995 - 396 pages
...conclude it, if less be possible, with less, for l have long awakened from that dream of hope in which 1 once boasted myself with so much exultation, my Lord,...Lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, Sam Johnson. Variety is a means of avoiding dull writing. Dullness in writing may be caused by many things. lf the... | |
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Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted... 
