 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...myself. 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...most humble, most obedient servant — SAM. JOHNSON. Reflections on Landing at lona. We were now treading that illustrious island which was once the luminary... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - 594 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, « SAX. JOHKBOH." And thus must the rebellions " Sam. Johnson" turn him to the Bookselling guild, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 pages
...myself. "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...lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, "SAM. JoHusou6." "While this was the talk of the town 7, (says Dr. Adams, in a letter to me) I happened to-visit... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 374 pages
...myself. " 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...most humble, most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON." (2) (1) In this passage Dr. Johnson evidently alludes to the loss of his wife. We find the same tender... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...myself. " Having carried on my work, therefore, with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude...Your Lordship's most humble, " Most obedient servant, " SAMUEL JOHNSON." My concluding extract is of a very different description—as different as the character... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...disappointed though I should conclnde it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long awakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself...most humble, most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. While Johnson was laboriously engaged on his ' Dictionary,' his tragedy of Irene, was, through the... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 pages
...myself. " Having carried on my work, therefore, with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude...Your Lordship's most humble, " Most obedient servant, " SAMUEL JOHNSON." My concluding extract is of a very different description — as different as the... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 568 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...Lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHDSTSOBT." And thus must the rebellious " Sam. Johnson" turn him to the Bookselling guild, and the... | |
 | 1852 - 590 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... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...myself. '• 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...most humble, most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON." This letter has given rise to many remarks ; those by the recent editor of Johnson's life *, devoted... | |
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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... 
