| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 sayfa
...that which it condemns ; yet it may gratify auïojty te ¡aforra it, that ibe English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and...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... | |
| 1805 - 984 sayfa
...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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 sayfa
...that which it condemns ; yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and...amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress the triumph of malignant criticism to observe, that if our language is not... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 350 sayfa
...meanness of f' dedication." Such atnan when he had finished his Dictionary, " not," as he says himself, " in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under "...inconvenience and distraction, in sickness '.' and in sorrow, and without the patronage of *' the Great," was not likely to be caught by the lure thrown... | |
| 1808 - 604 sayfa
...years, we are sorry, for our country's honour, to say, is undertaken as John* son's dictionary was written, " with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great." So incompetent are the author's resources to the expenses of the undertaking, that we understand he... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 sayfa
...that which it condemns ; yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and...retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amid inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress the triumph of malignant... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 sayfa
...that which it condemns,) yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academick bowers, but amblst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 sayfa
...that which it condemns,) yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academick bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1809 - 530 sayfa
...that which it condemns,) yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academick bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1810 - 524 sayfa
...happiness and peace. And how, and where, did he perform these benefits to his fellow-creatures ? ' Not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under...amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.' " It, surely, is not the least of his merits, that he bestowed such incalculable advantages... | |
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