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" I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise. "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - Pagina 256
door James Boswell - 1824
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The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the Author

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 pagina’s
...excitefl. Though we may believe him in the declaration at the £nd of his preface, that he dismissed it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise ; there cannot be a doubt but that he was highly gratified by the reputation it acquired both at home...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pagina’s
...me? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds : I therefore...little to fear or hope from censure Or from praise. PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING THE DRAMATIC WORKS •> WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Printed in the Year 1756. VV HEN...
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The Literary Magazine, and American Register, Volume 5

Charles Brockden Brown - 1806 - 498 pagina’s
...application, I cannot but have some degree of parental fondness. But in Iris conclusion he tells us, " I dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise." I deny the doctor's " frigidity." This polished period exhibits an affected stoicism, which no writer...
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An Address to the British Public: On the Case of Brigadier-General Picton ...

Edward Alured Draper - 1806 - 364 pagina’s
...want of proper materials. I dismiss it, however, from my hands, not like that great and learned man, " with frigid " tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from '*' censure or from praise ;" but with eager hope, with anxious expectation,, with longing solicitude, that it will become popular,...
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The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine, Nummers 103-106

1807 - 608 pagina’s
...of proper materials. " 1 dismiss it, however, from my hands,' not like that great and learned man, ' with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise ;' but with eager hope, with anxious expectation, with longing solicitude, that it will become popular,...
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Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - 1809 - 530 pagina’s
...me ? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wilied to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds: I therefore...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise." More than half a century has now elapsed since the publication of this great work, which, notwithstanding...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical Illustrative of the ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 pagina’s
...me ? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds : I therefore...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise." More than half a. century has now elapsed since the publication of this great work, which, notwithstanding...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 pagina’s
...me ? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds : I therefore...tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or froia praise." More than half a. century has now elapsed since the publication of this great work,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pagina’s
...till most of those whom I wished t» please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are1 empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity,...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.* * Dr. Johnson's Dictionary was published on the 15th. day of April, 1755, in two ^vols. folio, price...
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Rasselas: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 pagina’s
...excited. Though we may believe him in the declaration at the end of his preface, that he dismissed it with frigid" tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise , there cannot be a doubt but that he was highly gratified by the reputation it acquired both at home...
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