 | 1852 - 436 pages
...letters in the English language. Everyone will remember its concluding sentences, where he asks, " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern...I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 568 pages
...on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help I 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 asperit}^, not to confess obligations, where no benefit has been received,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1853 - 120 pages
...' The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. ' Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern...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... | |
 | Gilbert Highet - 1949 - 802 pages
...? quel appat plus dangereux ? quelle fumee plus capable de faire tourner les meilleures tetes ?'42 'The notice which you have been pleased to take of...cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.'43 Such devices (as is evident from the examples quoted) were not used separately but in combination.... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pages
...vacant office I make a hundred discontented persons and one ingrate. Louis XIV of France (1638-1715) The notice which you have been pleased to take of...cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English author, lexicographer to Lard ChtslerßeU Payment Give the laborer... | |
 | Tim Fulford - 1996 - 274 pages
...before. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern...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,... | |
 | Ian Ousby - 1996 - 452 pages
...work on its publication in 1755. Johnson expressed his anger in a famous letter of 7 February 1755: 'Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern...had been kind; but it has been delayed ... till I am known and do not want it.' Chesterton, G(ilbert) K(eith) 1874-1936 Poet, novelist, writer of DETECTIVE... | |
 | 298 pages
...manners of a dancing master." When Chesterfield wrote favorably on the Dictionary, Johnson retorted: "Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern...cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it." Charles Dickens caricatured Chesterfield as Sir John Chester in Barnaby Rudge (1871). The opinions... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...Patriotism," Speeches (1953). Speech, Aug. 27, 1952, to American Legion Convention, New York City. Patronage 1 Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern...till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am SOUtary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. SAMUEL JOHNSON, (1709-1784) British... | |
 | Lawrence Lipking - 2009 - 396 pages
...before. The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a Native of the Rocks. Is not a Patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern...cannot impart it, till I am known and do not want it. I hope it is no very cinical asperity not to confess obligation where no benefit has been received,... | |
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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... 
