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" Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 56
by Samuel Johnson - 1806
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: Essay on the life and genius of Dr ...

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 pages
...fbelter of academic ** bowers, but amidft inconvenience and dif4* traction, in {icknefs and in forrow, and ** without the patronage of the great," was not...likely to be caught by the lure thrown out by Lord Chefterfield. He had in vain fought the patronage of that nobleman ; and his pride, exafpe rated by...
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Life. Poems. Irene, a tragedy

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 pages
...fhelter of acade'' mic bowers, but amidft inconvenience and " diftra6tion, in ficknefs and in forrovv, and " without the patronage of the great," was not...likely to be caught by the lure thrown out by lord Chefterfield. He had in vaia fought the patronage of that nobleman ; and his pride, exafperated by...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 422 pages
...fhelter of acade" mic bowers, but amidft inconvenience and " diffraction, in ficknefs and in forrow, and ** without the patronage of the great," was not...likely to be caught by the lure thrown out by lord Chefterfield. He had in vain fought the patronage of that nobleman ; and his pride, exafperated by...
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Memoirs of the Life of Gilbert Wakefield, Volume 2

Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 572 pages
...number and nature of the works9 which he published. These, it should be remembered, were written, " not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but"r at intervals snatched from his daily avocations, and amidst a variety of embarrassments, sufficient...
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Memoirs of the Life of Gilbert Wakefield, Volume 2

Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 572 pages
...number and nature of the works'" which he published. These, it should be remembered, were written, " not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic i Some remarks on his " Character as a man of letters," by the Rev. E. Cogan, were communicated by...
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The Lives of the Most Celebrated English Poets, with Criticisms. Extracted ...

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...written, as he says, " with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the...inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. " The sorrow to which he here alludes is probably that which he felt for the loss of his wife, who...
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History of the City and Cathedral of Lichfield

John Jackson - 1805 - 308 pages
...written, as he says, " with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the...inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow." The sorrow to which he here alludes; is, probably, that which he felt for the loss of his wife, who...
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The Annual Review and History of Literature, Volume 3

1805 - 984 pages
...number and nature of the works which he published. These, it should be remembered, were written, ' not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but* at intervals snatched from his daily avocations, and amidst a variety of embarrassments, sufficient...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pages
...Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic k bowers, but amid inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress the triumph...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pages
...Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the...inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress the triumph of malignant criticism to observe, that if our language is not here fully...
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