 Seven years, my lord, have now passed since 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...  Public Speaking for Business Men - Pàgina 166per William George Hoffman - 1923 - 300 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Lawrence Lipking - 2009 - 396 pàgines
...have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, My lord have now past since I waited in your outward Rooms or was repulsed from your Door,...assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before. The Shepherd in Virgil grew... | |
 | Virgil McClure Harris - 1999 - 508 pàgines
...now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which tune I have been pushing on my work through difficulties,...assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. "The shepherd in 'Virgil'... | |
 | Norma Clarke - 2001 - 282 pàgines
...and anger led Johnson to write his reprimand: Seven years, my Lord, have now past since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door;...assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before . . The letter continued in... | |
 | John Richardson - 2000 - 416 pàgines
...support, a proud Johnson declined it. He wrote: Seven years, Mv Lord, have now passed since 1 waited in your outward Rooms or was repulsed from your Door, during which time 1 have been pushing on mv work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain . . . The notice... | |
 | Randall L. B. McNeill - 2001 - 212 pàgines
...Dr. Johnson complained to Lord Chesterfield: "Seven years, my lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door,...smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I had never had a patron before."1 Or — equally demeaning— he may end up as nothing more than a superficial... | |
 | Joseph R. McElrath, Jr., Robert C. Leitz, Jesse S. Crisler - 2001 - 644 pàgines
...it ever so little. Seven years, my Lord, have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms and was repulsed from your door; during which time I have...assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. The shepherd in Virgil grew... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2000 - 772 pàgines
...all, came from the booksellers. What piqued the lexicographer was Chesterfield's failure to provide 'one Act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour'. Hence the barbed put-down: The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found... | |
 | 辜正坤 - 2003 - 580 pàgines
...My Lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward Rooms, or was repulsed from your Door<18> ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain'19', and have brought it, at last, to the verge of Publication, without one Act of assistance,... | |
 | Timothy Wilson-Smith - 2004 - 174 pàgines
...painting by EM Ward so, for it has a marvellous rhythm. Seven years, My lord have passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door, during which time I have been pushing through my work, through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it to the... | |
 | Richard B. Sher - 2008 - 842 pàgines
...was struggling to complete his work and badly in need of support, his supposed patron never provided "one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before" (BLJ, 1:261—62). Some pages... | |
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