 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 594 pages
...myself. " 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...lordship's most humble, " Most obedient servant, "SAM. JOHNSOH."! Several minor points in this letter require a passing notice. The reader will perceive what... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1853 - 130 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...most humble, most obedient servant, ' SAM. JOHNSON.' And thus must the rebellious ' Sam. Johnson' turn him to the Bookselling guild, and the wondrous chaos... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 pages
...myself. 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, SAMUEL JOHNSON.' In the few years succeeding the publication of his " Dictionary,'1 lit- f-rnployed... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1855 - 572 pages
...should conclude it, if less be possible, with less : for I have long been awakened from that dream oft hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much...most humble, most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON." And thus must the rebellious " Sam. Johnson" turn him to the Bookselling guild, and the wondrous chaos... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...myself. 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, SAMUEL Jouxso.v. 1 In the few years succeeding the publication cf his " Dictionary," be employed himself... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...myself. 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, SAMUEL JOHNSON.' In the few years succeeding the publication of his " Dictionary," be employed himself... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1857 - 604 pages
...disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less : fur I have long been awakened homas Carlyle JOHNSOW ." And thus must the rebellious " Sam. Johnson" turn him to the Bookselling guild, and the... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 638 pages
...myself. '' 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...humble, "Most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON."} Several minor points in this letter require a passing notice. The reader will perceive what amount... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 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, SAMUEL JOHNSON.' In the few years succeeding the publication of his " Dictionary," he employed himself... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 pages
...disappointed though I should conclude 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... | |
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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... 
