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" ... Seven years, my Lord,' have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - Página 206
por James Boswell - 1821
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Notes and Queries

1853 - 704 páginas
...in his celebrated Letter to Lord Chesterfield, says, in reference to the hollowness of patronage : " The shepherd, in Virgil, grew at last acquainted with Love ; and found him a native of the rocks." To what passage in Virgil does Johnson here refer, and what is the point intended to be conveyed ?...
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The National Magazine, Volume 2

Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 páginas
...verge of puhlication without one act of assistanee,0 one word of eneouragement, or one smile: of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron hefore. " The shepherd in ' Virgil' grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the...
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A Compendium of English Literature, Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 páginas
...now send out two cock boaU to tow me Into harbor T" 2 The conqueror of the conqueror of the world. 55 The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. la not a patron, mv lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and,...
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The Legacy of Rome: A New Appraisal

Richard Jenkyns - 1992 - 526 páginas
...naturally into his mind as a weapon to express the heartlessness of which he accused his neglectful patron: "The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with...rocks. 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...
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The Medical Mischief, You Say!: Degerminating the Germ Theory

Nell Rogers, Guy Rogers - 1996 - 70 páginas
...verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before. "I* not a Patron, my Lord, one who look* with unconcern on a man *truggUng for life in -toe water,...
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Life of Johnson

James Boswell - 1998 - 1540 páginas
...request, saying, with a smile, 'No, Sir; I have hurt the dog too much already;' or words to that purpose. addressed your Lordship in publick, I had exhausted...acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.1 'Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the...
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Dr. Johnson's Women

Norma Clarke - 2001 - 282 páginas
...complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour....not expect, for I never had a Patron before . . The letter continued in tones of heavy sarcasm: Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern...
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To Loot My Life Clean: The Thomas Wolfe--Maxwell Perkins Correspondence

Thomas Wolfe, Maxwell Evarts Perkins - 2000 - 390 páginas
...that final and irreparable loss, to agree with Samuel Johnson when he said: "The shepherd in Vergil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks." You say in one of your letters that you never knew a soul with whom you felt that you were in such...
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Essays and Speeches: Essays and Speeches

Joseph R. McElrath, Jr., Robert C. Leitz, Jesse S. Crisler - 2001 - 644 páginas
...to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour....rocks. 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 the ground encumbers him...
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The Creation of the Modern World: The Untold Story of the British Enlightenment

Roy Porter - 2000 - 776 páginas
...'one Act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour'. Hence the barbed put-down: The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with...rocks. 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...
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