 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...and found him a native of the rocks. The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and can not enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and can not impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...and found him a native of the rocks. The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent,and can not enjoy it; till I am solitary, and can not impart it; till I am known, and do... | |
 | 1861 - 490 pages
...live long to enjoy his late-won affluence. He could indeed say with greater truth than Johnson — " It has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot...enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it." He never recovered the death of his beloved son. The loss of Reynolds, occurring about the same time,... | |
 | Joan G. Nagle - 1995 - 396 pages
...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...to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kindi but it has been delayed till 1 am indifferent and cannot enjoy it, till l am solitary and cannot... | |
 | Ian Ousby - 1996 - 452 pages
...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 it has been delayed ... till I am known and do not want... | |
 | 298 pages
...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 it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...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 it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot... | |
 | James Boswell - 1998 - 1540 pages
...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 it has been...till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till 1 am solitary, and cannot impart it ;* till I am known, and do not want it. 1 hope it is no very cynical... | |
 | Norma Clarke - 2001 - 282 pages
...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 it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1995 - 866 pages
...complains that Chesterfield's commendation as a patron of his A Dictionary of the English Language 'has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till l am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it' (Horwell's Life of Johnson,... | |
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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 ;... 
