 I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Pagina 172door James Boswell - 1826Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pagina’s
...addressed your lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ;...it ever so little. Seven years, my lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1858 - 424 pagina’s
...addressed your lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ;...it ever so little. " Seven years, my lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward room, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have... | |
 | Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - 1858 - 362 pagina’s
...addressed your Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly4 scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ;...well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.5 Seven years, my Lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1858 - 600 pagina’s
...more! "Seven years, my Lord, have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was reptibed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work* through difficulties, of which il is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 696 pagina’s
...addressed your Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the arts of pleasing, which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ;...it ever so little. " Seven years, my Lord, have now passed s^ijce \ waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I... | |
 | United States. Internal Revenue Service - 1975 - 124 pagina’s
...recognize and compliment them. Dr. Samuel Johnson wrote with bitterness to the Earl of Chesterfield: "I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased...to have his all neglected, be it ever so little." When someone writes you a letter of particular charm or ready understanding, do not shy away from writing... | |
 | Harvard University - 1873 - 358 pagina’s
...Cypre la tiers samedi. —JOINVILLE. 2. Traduisez en francais : — a. Seven years have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time 1 have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought... | |
 | Frank Brady, William Wimsatt - 1978 - 655 pagina’s
...English Language (1747) to Chesterfield. exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could,...it ever so little. Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have... | |
 | Bill Moore - 1987 - 180 pagina’s
...addressed your Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing, which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could;...pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. At about the same time, Edward Taylor, living in the bleakness of the New World, used language with... | |
 | Alvin B. Kernan - 1989 - 384 pagina’s
...work, and that he and it were no longer dependent on the patron or the social system he represented: "Seven years, my Lord, have now past, since I waited...rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which lime I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have... | |
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