| ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 pages
...far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I shall conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I...humble, " Most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON." If a letter like that does not " give the world assurance of a man," all writing is worse than vanity.... | |
| Alexander Main - 1874 - 482 pages
...shall conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream 6f hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much...humble, . " Most obedient servant, " SAM. JOHNSON." If a letter like that does not " give the world assurance of a man," all writing is worse than vanity.... | |
| Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 pages
...not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have long been wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted...your lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON. 3. SAYINGS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON. (From Boswell's Life of Johnson.) i. On Monday, the 1... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have long been . " We have also furnaces of great diversities, and that keep great SAMUEL JOHNSOX. In these clays the poet William Shenstone, who died in 1763, was consuming his substance... | |
| William Francis Collier - 1877 - 560 pages
...favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be poseible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that...Your Lordship's most humble, most obedient Servant, BAM. JOHNSON, POBTS OF THE SEVENTH KBA. 361 CHAPTER XL OTHER WRITERS OF THE SEVENTH ERA. POETS. William... | |
| 1878 - 446 pages
...with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted mj r self with so much exultation. My lord, Your lordship's most humble, Most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. Let observation with extensive view Survey mankind, from China to Peru;... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 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.' The publication of the Dictionary gave Johnson at once the first place among the literary men of his... | |
| Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 pages
...far with so little obligation to any favorer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I shall conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for...most humble, " Most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON." — Boswell. ' EXPRESSIONS OF 'GOOD-WILL AND APPROBATION. I ASSURED him that in the extensive and various... | |
| 1879 - 348 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... | |
| Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 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. Hit Dictionary. In hope of giving longevity to that which its own nature forbids to be immortal, I... | |
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