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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... "
Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of the Rambler ... - Page 331
by Nathan Drake - 1809 - 499 pages
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LIFE AND CONSERVATIONS OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON (FOUNDED CHIEFLY UPON BOSWELL).

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....
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Life and Conversations of Dr. Samuel Johnson: (founded Chiefly Upon Boswell).

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....
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Engelske forfattere i udvalg. med biografiske indeldminger og oplysende ...

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...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed ..., Volume 3; Volume 79

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...
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A History of English Literature: In a Series of Biographical Sketches

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...
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Macmillan's Reading Books

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;...
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Johnson. Select works, ed. with intr. and notes by A. Milnes. Lives of ...

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...
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Samuel Johnson, His Words and His Ways, what He Said, what He Did, and what ...

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...
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Samuel Johnson, His Words and His Ways, what He Said, what He Did, and what ...

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...
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The Handbook of Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief ...

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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