| James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 lapas
...expect, for 1 never had a patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquaintcd with Lovct prehending him. To see Dr. Samnel Johnson lying in...isle of Sky, in the house of Miss Flora Macdonald, ground, encumbers him with help? The notice" which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had... | |
| John Forster - 1848 - 740 lapas
...publication, without one act of assistance, one ' word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. ... Is ' not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern...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... | |
| Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 lapas
...publication, without one act of assistance, one ' word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. ... Is ' not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern...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... | |
| John Forster - 1848 - 744 lapas
...publication, without one act of assistance, one ' word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. ... Is ' not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern...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... | |
| James Boswell - 1848 - 374 lapas
...pecuniary obligation, however inconsiderable. -— C. "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 un» concern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers... | |
| John Forster - 1848 - 1294 lapas
...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,... | |
| Morning call - 1850 - 618 lapas
...offer of patronage when it was no longer needed. We recall to mind his indignant expressions — " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a person while he is struggling in the water, and when he has reached the shore, encumbers him with help?"... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 lapas
...not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. " Is not...struggling for life. in the water, and when he has leached ground encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 lapas
...shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. Is not л rns me — I govern not it. He was one evening sitting ground, encumbers him with help ! The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had... | |
| University magazine - 1851 - 822 lapas
...the definition of the gruff moralist, in his celebrated letter to Lord Chesterfield — " A patron is one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help." Sir Walter Scott was not one of these. His kind heart and active benevolence... | |
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