 I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre, that I might 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.  The Great English Letter Writers - Pàgina 196editat per - 1908Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Wise sayings - 1864 - 394 pàgines
...billow In happy freedom, pleased to feel the air, And wander in the luxury of light. NEGLECT. Sorrow of I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Letter to Lord Chesterfield.— Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON. NEST. Description of a Thrush's Within a thick... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pàgines
...dark wig which scarcely covered his head, and his clothes hanging loose about him. — Boswell, 79. No MAN is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever BO little. — Johnson, 86. A FLY may sting a stately horse, and make him wince ; but one is but au... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 pàgines
...I saw the world contending; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, thai neither pride not modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I had...possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleiscd to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. 8. Seven years, my lord, have now passed since... | |
 | Thomas Crampton - 1868 - 136 pàgines
...; that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty...done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to Lave his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my lord, have now passed since I waited... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pàgines
...remarking at the same time, '• This man has great powers." contending; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty...which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I lad done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1868 - 550 pàgines
...contending; but I found my attendance so little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty would sufler me to continue it. When I had once addressed your...exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired anil uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have... | |
 | Louis Le Brun, Henri van Laun - 1869 - 290 pàgines
...that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending ; 2 but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty...well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.3 Seven years, my lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1869 - 572 pàgines
...— that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty...me to continue it. When I had once addressed your Lord.jship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and -«, •, uncourtly... | |
 | English authors - 1869 - 458 pàgines
...— that I might 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 once I had addressed your lordship in publick, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired... | |
 | David Henry Cruttenden - 1870 - 618 pàgines
...terre; that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending. But I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty...When I had once addressed your lordship in public, I exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all... | |
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