 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 pages
...been kind ; but it has been dela} ed 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. I hope it is no very cyniqal asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 402 pages
...matter explained in the Preface to the Adventurer, British Essayists, vol. xxiii. C. till / am solitary, and cannot impart it : till I am known, and do not want it." Lord Chesterfield is said to have concealed his feelings on this occasion with his usual art, conscious... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pages
...been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart itt; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is...obligations where no benefit has been received, or to he unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, » The following note is... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pages
...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...benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 548 pages
...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." Lord Chesterfield is said to have concealed his feelings on this occasion with his usual art, conscious,... | |
 | 1815 - 544 pages
...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." Lord Chesterfield is said to have concealed his feelings on this occasion with his usual art, conscious,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pages
...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...benefit has been received, or to be . unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 506 pages
...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...hope it is " no very cynical asperity not to confess ob" ligations where no benefit has been re" ceived ; or to be unwilling that the publick " should consider... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1816 - 462 pages
...been kind: but it lias 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. I hope therefore it is no very cynical asperity, not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received;... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...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...cynical asperity not to confess obligations where nu benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the Public should consider me as owing that to... | |
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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 enjoy it; till I am solitary, and •cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. 
