| Proverbs - 1814 - 568 pages
...unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached the land, encumbers him with help? The 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... | |
| Robert Anderson - Authors, English - 1815 - 660 pages
...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...; till I 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... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 548 pages
...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...it; till I AM SOLITARY, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it." Lord Chesterfield is said to have concealed his feelings on this occasion... | |
| Biography - 1815 - 544 pages
...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...; till I AM SOLITARY, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it." Lord Chesterfield is said to have concealed his feelings on this occasion... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 506 pages
...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...till I 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 ob" ligations... | |
| Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...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...; till I 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1816 - 154 pages
...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...till I am indifferent and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitafry and cannot impart it; till I am known and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity,... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1816 - 462 pages
...unconcern on a man struggling for his 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, would have been kind: but it lias been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...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...till I 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... | |
| Tobias Smollett - Books - 1817 - 680 pages
...will never be forgotten. " The notice," says the Doctor, " which you have been pleased to take of me, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed, 'til 1 am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; 'til I am solitary, and cannot impart it; 'til I am known,... | |
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