| Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 страници
...exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all...it ever so little. 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... | |
| 1864 - 808 страници
...which came heavily on him, and did him a good deal of damage. " 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 probing on my work through dillk-ulties, of which it is useless to complain, and brought it at last... | |
| Wise sayings - 1864 - 394 страници
...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 страници
...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 Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 страници
...exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all...it ever so little. 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... | |
| Gems - 1866 - 166 страници
...exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all...it ever so little. 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... | |
| Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1867 - 574 страници
...exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all...lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward room, or was repulsed from your door, during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties,... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 страници
...exhausted all the art of pleasing 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...Seven years, my lord, have now past since I waited in vour outward rooms (ante-room), or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing... | |
| Thomas Crampton - 1868 - 136 страници
...and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had 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 in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1869 - 480 страници
...of Lord Chesterfield, and, through him, of the listening world, that patronage should be no more ! ' Seven years, my Lord, have now past, since I waited...door ; during which time I have been pushing on my Work4 through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the... | |
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