 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 pàgines
...brought it at last to the verge of publication without one word of encouragement or one smile of favor. th what to sight or smell was sweet ! from thee How shall I parti and whither wander down Into acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. " Is not a patron, my lord, one who can... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pàgines
...complain, and have brought it at lust to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one #]J 54݈ J' ?, }u u j) fur I never had a patron before. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found... | |
 | 1852 - 590 pàgines
...of publication, without one act of assistance.^ one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. "The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with...found him a native of the rocks. "Is not a patron, 015* Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has... | |
 | 1853 - 706 pàgines
...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 ?... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1855 - 786 pàgines
...favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew 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?... | |
 | John Forster - 1855 - 528 pàgines
...of the trade wind, hard to move. ' ' The shepherd in Virgil, " wrote Johnson to Lord Chesterfield, "grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a "native of the rocks." Nor had adverse circumstances been without their effect upon the literary character itself. Covered... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1856 - 370 pàgines
...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.' " " Ah !" said Mr. Hopewell, " a man who feels that he is wrong, is always angry with somebody else.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pàgines
...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. In the deep mines of science, though Frenchmen may toil. Can their strength be compared to Locke, Newton,... | |
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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 verge of publication, without one act of assistance,... 
