 | Morning call - 1850 - 618 pages
...offer of patronage when it was no longer needed. We recall to mind his indignant expressions — " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a person while he is struggling in the water, and when he has reached the shore, encumbers him with help?"... | |
 | University magazine - 1851 - 822 pages
...celebrated letter to Lord Chesterfield — " A patron is one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help." Sir Walter Scott was not one of these. His kind heart and active benevolence went to work at once,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
..." The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. " Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life. in the water, and when he has leached ground encumbers him with help ? The notice... | |
 | 1852 - 590 pages
...native of the rocks. "Is not a patron, 015* 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? 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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 pages
...a native of the rocks. " 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 ? 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,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 568 pages
...a native of the rocks. :'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 I The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind: but... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 pages
..." The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. " 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 ? The notice... | |
 | 1852 - 436 pages
...letters in the English language. Everyone will remember its concluding sentences, where he asks, " 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? The notice... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 pages
...verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour 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 ? The notice... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1853 - 120 pages
...a native of the rocks. ' 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 ? 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... | |
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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? 
