 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 506 sayfa
...meanness of dedication." Such a man when he had finished his Dictionary, " not," as he says himself, " in the " soft obscurities of retirement, or under the " shelter of academic bowers, but amidst iu" convenience and distraction, in sickness " and in sorrow, and without the patronage " of the Great,"... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 810 sayfa
...aftonifhing that it was finifhed fo foon, fmce it was written, as he fays, " with little affiftauce of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the foft obfcurities of retirement, or under the fhelter of academic bowers, but amidft inconvenience and... | |
 | 1816 - 764 sayfa
...altonilhing that it was finished fo foon, flnce it was written, as he fays, " with little alliilance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the foft obfcuritics of retirement, or tinder the Shelter of academic bowers, but amidll inconvenience... | |
 | 1818 - 904 sayfa
...whose well-known language we adopt, could he assert, that his almost incredible labours were pursued " with little assistance of the learned, and without...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academit bowers, but innidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow*." An exile from... | |
 | 1818 - 896 sayfa
...his useless, iu proportion to its vul- almost incredible labours were pur1017.] sued " with liltle assistance of the learned, and without any patronage...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of académie bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sor row"." An exile... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1819 - 476 sayfa
...of our countrymen who have deserved well of letters, he has heen obliged to prosecute his studies, " not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers," but amidst the inconveniences and distractions of public life, and the fatigues of his honourable profession.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 450 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, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 368 sayfa
...meanness of dedication." Such a man, when he had finished his Dictionary, " not," as he says himself, " in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the...amidst 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 484 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... | |
 | 1823 - 862 sayfa
...since it was written, as he says, " with little assistance ef the learned, and without any patrón-lijo of the great ; not in the soft obscurities of retirement,...amidst 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... | |
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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. 
