..." 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...The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and can not...

...Johnson used to Lord Chesterfield : . " The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been...I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am known, and do not want it." Such chilling neglect is among the severest trials in the life of a medical...

...acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. " Is not a patron, my lord, one who can look with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and then encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been...

...much-quoted letter to Lord Chesterfield, Samuel Johnson issued a resounding declaration of independence: "Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern...when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?" Two years later, in his Dictionary of the English Language, Johnson, his experience with noblemen guiding...

...out Johnson's experience of the noble lord's own politeness, which had taught him that a patron was "one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling...when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help" (Boswell 1906 [1791]: I 156-9). As this example perhaps reminds us, the less edifying operations of...

...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,...

...and the literary marketplace complemented each other as sources of sustenance for aspiring authors. "Is not a Patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern...when he has reached ground encumbers him with help?" writes Samuel Johnson in his famous letter to Lord Chesterfield, dated 7 February 1755. "The notice...

...put-down: 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...when he has reached ground encumbers him with help. 74 - and the significant substitution when Johnson revised The Vanity of Human Wishes in 1749: There...

...put-down: 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...and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help.74 - and the significant substitution when Johnson revised The Vanity of Human Wishes in 1749:...

...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...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 my labours, had...