 | 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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I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance,... 
