 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 cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.  The Atlantic Monthly - Sivu 4931927Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1844 - 602 sivua
...reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjuy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it." We do not... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 sivua
...reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been...cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received,... | |
 | 1853 - 730 sivua
...reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been...cannot impart it, till I am known and do not want it." In Chesterfield, Johnson found a worthy type of a not very scanty class of patrons from whom the man... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - 594 sivua
...encumbers him with help * The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been earl}', had been kind : but it has been delayed till I am...cannot impart it; till I am known and do not want it. I hope, it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations, where no benefit has been received,... | |
 | People - 1845 - 346 sivua
...help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, would hare been kind : but it has been delayed till I am indifferent,...cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope, therefore, it is no very cynical asperity, not to confer obligations where no benefit has been... | |
 | Claude Julien Rawson - 2000 - 332 sivua
...act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour', and of delaying his patronage 'till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till...cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.' Johnson brought the manner to unusual heights of marmorial dignity, but playful or ironic applications... | |
 | Joan G. Nagle - 1995 - 396 sivua
...on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kindi but it has been delayed till 1 am indifferent and cannot enjoy it, till l am solitary and cannot... | |
 | Ian Ousby - 1996 - 452 sivua
...reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed ... till I am known and do not want it.' Chesterton, G(ilbert) K(eith) 1874-1936 Poet, novelist, writer of DETECTIVE... | |
 | 298 sivua
...reached ground encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been...cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it." Charles Dickens caricatured Chesterfield as Sir John Chester in Barnaby Rudge (1871). The opinions... | |
 | Greg Clingham - 1997 - 290 sivua
...as a lethally accurate missile. "The notice which you have been pleased to take of my Labours . . . has been delayed till I am indifferent and cannot...impart it, till I am known and do not want it": it is the spat-out closing monosyllables that do the damage here, delivering a sting unheralded by the more... | |
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