I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door... The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Página 172por James Boswell - 1826Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 páginas
...addressed your Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing, which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ;...it ever so little. " Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward room, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have... | |
| James Boswell - 1837 - 616 páginas
...addressed your lordship in publick, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ;...all neglected, be it ever so little. " Seven years, iny lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during... | |
| 474 páginas
...the incident alluded to m Dr. Jolmson's celebrated letter to Lord Chesterfield, in which he says, " Seven years, my lord, have now past since I waited...your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door." The scene is the outer room ; to the left is a group consisting of a divine, whose weariness is evinced... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 334 páginas
...addressed your lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could;...it ever so little. " Seven years, my lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward room, or was repulsed from your door, during which time I have... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 624 páginas
...addressed your Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing, which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ;...neglected, be it ever so little. " Seven years, my Lord, hare now passed since I waited in your outward room, or was repulsed from your door; during which time... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 620 páginas
...addressed your Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing, which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have lus all neglected, be it ever so little. " Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in... | |
| George Lewis Smyth - 1843 - 428 páginas
...addressed your lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could,...it ever so little. " 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... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 648 páginas
...entertain. Sir, a very si mug prejudice against relying on patrons. Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which lime I hove been pushing on my work, through difficulties of winch it is useless to complain, and have... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 620 páginas
...entertain, Sir, a very strong prejudice against relying on patrons. Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which lime I have been pushing on my work, through difficulties of which it is useless lo complain, and have... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 772 páginas
...addressed your lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ;...it ever so little. 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... | |
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