 Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but...  Sunday talk (ed. by C. Church). - Page xxxiedited by - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 520 pages
...man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached the ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of...had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been dela} ed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 402 pages
...allusion to the loss of his wife and to his present situation, is exquisitely beautiful : " The nolice which you have been pleased to take of my labours,...had been kind : but it has been delayed till I am indifi'erent, and cannot enjoy it : 3 Sec this matter explained in the Preface to the Adventurer, British... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...The allusion to the loss of his wife and to his present situation, is exquisitely beautiful : "• The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, bad been kind : but it has been delayed till 1 am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it: til! 1 am solitary,... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pages
...life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which yon have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been...cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart itt; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations... | |
 | Proverbs - 1814 - 568 pages
...notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had been kind ; but it has been delayed until I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary...cannot impart it; till I am known and do not want it." " How little knowest thou who hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide, To waste Ions;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 548 pages
...contempt. The allusion to the loss of his wife, and to his present situation, is exquisitely beautiful.—" The notice which you have been pleased to take of...impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it." Lord Chesterfield is said to have concealed his feelings on this occasion with his usual art, conscious,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - Authors, English - 1815 - 660 pages
...a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of...cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received,... | |
 | Biography - 1815 - 544 pages
...The allusion to the loss of his wife, and to his present situation, is exquisitely beautiful. — " The notice which you have been pleased to take of...impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it." Lord Chesterfield is said to have concealed his feelings on this occasion with his usual art, conscious,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 506 pages
...man struggling for " life in the water, and when he has reached " ground, encumbers him with help ? The " notice which you have been pleased to take "...impart it ; till I am " known, and do not want it. I hope it is " no very cynical asperity not to confess ob" ligations where no benefit has been re"... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice, which you have been pleased to take of...cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to . confess obligations where no benefit has been received,... | |
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