| Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1853 - 588 pages
...eneouragement, or one smile: of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron hefore. " The shepherd in ' Virgil' grew at last acquainted...rocks. " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with uneoneern on a man struggling for life iu the water, and when he luis reached ground, eneumhers him... | |
| Electronic journals - 1853 - 706 pages
...in his celebrated Letter to Lord Chesterfield, says, in reference to the hollowness of patronage : " The shepherd, in Virgil, grew at last acquainted with Love ; and found him a native of the rocks." To what passage in Virgil does Johnson here refer, and what is the point intended to be conveyed ?... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...now send out two cock boaU to tow me Into harbor T" 2 The conqueror of the conqueror of the world. 55 The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. la not a patron, mv lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and,... | |
| William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1855 - 786 pages
...favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. " Is not a patron, my lord, one who can look with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and then encumbers him with help?... | |
| John Forster - 1855 - 528 pages
...of the trade wind, hard to move. ' ' The shepherd in Virgil, " wrote Johnson to Lord Chesterfield, "grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a "native of the rocks." Nor had adverse circumstances been without their effect upon the literary character itself. Covered... | |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton - Canadian fiction - 1856 - 370 pages
...verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.'" " Ah !" said Mr. Hopewell, " a man who feels that he is wrong, is always angry with somebody else.... | |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton - Canadian fiction - 1856 - 370 pages
...verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.' " " Ah !" said Mr. Hopewell, " a man who feels that he is wrong, is always angry with somebody else.... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. In the deep mines of science, though Frenchmen may toil. Can their strength be compared to Locke, Newton,... | |
| William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1857 - 516 pages
...is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one word of encouragement or one smile of favour. Such treatment...had a patron before. "The shepherd in Virgil grew acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. " Is not a patron, my lord, one who can... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. In the deep mines of science, tliouich Frenchmen may toll, Con their strength be compared u> Locke,... | |
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