 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 his all neglected, be it ever so little.  The works of Samuel Johnson - Página 54por Samuel Johnson - 1824Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - 1858 - 362 páginas
...obtain5 that regard for which I saw the world contending; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to...exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly4 scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 páginas
...that regard for which I saw the world contending ; but I found, my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to...addressed your lordship in public, I had exhausted all the arts of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 páginas
...that regard for which I saw the world contending ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to...uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that 1 could ; and no man is well pleased to have bis all neglected, be it ever so little. •* Seven years,... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 páginas
...but I found my attendance 7 so little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to 8 continue it. When I had once addressed your Lordship...which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess ; 9 I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 páginas
...that regard for which I saw the world contending ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to...addressed your lordship in public, I had exhausted all ie art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can pos!ss. I had done all that I could ;... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1860 - 376 páginas
...that regard for which I saw the world contending ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to...continue it. When I had once addressed your lordship in publick, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 496 páginas
...obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it." When I had once ad1 Dr. Johnson appeared to have a remarkable delicacy with respect to the circulation of this letter;... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 páginas
...exhausted nil the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly Hcholur can posse*.*. I had done alt that 1 could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, IK; it ever so little. •| Seven yi-ars, my lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms,... | |
 | Grace Wharton, Philip Wharton - 1861 - 522 páginas
...pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I had once addressed your lordship in publick, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired...pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Johnson, however, was not to be propitiated by those " honeyed words." He wrote a letter couched in... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1863 - 400 páginas
...so little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to 10 continue it. When I had 11 once addressed your Lordship in public, I had exhausted...which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess ; 12 I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever... | |
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