 | Thomas Carlyle - 1858 - 570 pages
...disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less : for 1 have long been awakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself...most humble, most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON." And thus must the rebellious " Sam. Johnson" turn him to the Bookselling guild, and the wondrous cljaos... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 pages
...thus far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though 1 should conclude it, if less be possible, with less...Your Lordship's most humble, Most obedient servant, JOHNSON.' In the few years succeeding the publication of his " Dictionary,'' he employed himself in... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 pages
...thus fir with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though 1 should conclude it, if less be possible, with less;...lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSOK."* " While this was the talk of the town (says Dr. Adams in a letter to me), I happened to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pages
...possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once bonstcd myself with so much exultation. My Lord, your lordship's...most humble, most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON."* There is a curious minute circumstance which struck me, in comparing the various editions of Johnson's... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...myself. Ilaving carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude...exultation, My Lord, Your Lordship's most humble, most obedii POETS OJ? THE SEVENTH EBA. 351 CHAPTER XL OTHER WRITERS OF THE SEVENTH ERA. POETS. William Shenstonc.... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 550 pages
...favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be pos sible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that...most humble, most obedient Servant, SAM. JOHNSON. 1'OJSTS OF THE SEVENTH ERA. CHAPTER XI. OTHEE WEITEES OF THE SEVENTH ERA. POETS. William Shenstone.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...possible, with less; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasieJ myself with so much exultation, My Lord, Your Lordship's most humble, Most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON.' In the few years succeeding the publication of his " Dictionary," he employed himself... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed, though 1 should conclude it, if less be possible, with less...Your Lordship's most humble, Most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON. 213. FROM THE PREFACE TO HIS DICTIONARY. In hope of giving longevity to that which... | |
 | James Philemon Holcombe - 1866 - 540 pages
...Sentiments. Having carried on my work thus far 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, S. JOHNSON. XIII.— ON THE PUBLICATION OF HIS THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS. David Hume to Adam Smith.... | |
 | Gems - 1866 - 168 pages
...Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall itot be disappointed, though I should conclude it, if less...Your Lordship's most humble, Most obedient Servant, IN CJ RATITUD E. • LOW, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude : Thy... | |
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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... 
