 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 - Pagina 243door James Boswell - 1880Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pagina’s
...solitude, what would it avail me ? I have protracted my work till most of those, whom I wished to please, have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise*. r Dr. Johnson's Dictionary was published on the fifteenth day of April 1755, in two vols. folio, price... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 500 pagina’s
...solitude, what would it avail me ? I have protracted my work till most of those, whom I wished to please, have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage...having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise8. " Dr. Johnson's Dictionary was published on the fifteenth day of April 1755, in two vols.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 pagina’s
...solitude, what would It avail me? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage...frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from cenh'jre or from praise. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FOURTH EDITION OF THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY. Млхт arc... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pagina’s
...till most of those, whom I wished to please, have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage arc empty sounds : I, therefore, dismiss it with frigid...having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise1. f Dr. Johnson's Dictionary was published on the fifteenth day of April 1755, \ in two vols.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 440 pagina’s
...solitude, what would it avail me? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave; and success and miscarriage...his letters to Mr. Warton; and however he may have been affected for the moment, certain it is that the honours which his great work procured him, both... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 442 pagina’s
...solitude, what would it avail me? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave; and success and miscarriage...his letters to Mr. Warton; and however he may have been affected for the moment, certain it is that the honours which his great work procured him, both... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 pagina’s
...JOHNSON. what would it avail me ? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please to' time, made additions under his sanction. His...Magazine ; yet such was then his minute attentention been affected for the moment, certain it is that the honours which his great work procured him, both... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pagina’s
...U735, what would it avail me ? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave ; and success and miscarriage...having little to fear or hope from censure or from praiáe." That this indifference was rather a temporary than an habitual feeling, appears, I think,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 pagina’s
...solitude, what would it avail me ? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave ; and success and miscarriage...his letters to Mr. Warton ; and however he may have been affected for the moment, certain it js that the honours which his great work procured him, both... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 pagina’s
...solitude, what would it avail me ? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave ; and success and miscarriage...his letters to Mr. Warton ; and however he may have been affected for the moment, certain it is that the honours which his great work procured him, both... | |
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