 Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...  Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnsonпо Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1888 - 323 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | 1853 - 528 страници
...and his wife, through friendship for their son—he would regret the bitter taunt to Chesterfield—" Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern...and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?"—and would have wished Moore to say of Lansdowne, as he himself said of poor, mad, open-hearted... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 страници
...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...rocks. " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with uneoneern on a man struggling for life iu the water, and when he luis reached ground, eneumhers him... | |
 | 1853 - 706 страници
...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 ?... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 страници
...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,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 страници
...of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a...The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and can not... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1855 - 786 страници
...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 страници
...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 страници
...boar« to tow nw Into tarbor I" 3 Tbe conqueror of the conqueror of the world. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a...struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached the ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1857 - 604 страници
...one act of assistance,! one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. "The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a...The notice which you have been pleased to take of my laboars, had it been early, had been kind : but it has been delayed till I am indifferent and cannot... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 страници
...cplauea, and odes would they cope. Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope ; The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a...struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached the ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors,... | |
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