... the English 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 academick bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness... Macaulay's Life of Samuel Johnson - Página 55por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1896 - 67 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1755 - 694 páginas
...it may gratify curiolity to inform it, that the Englim Dictionary was written with little affifhnce of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the foft obfcurities of retirement, or under the ihelter of academic bowers ; but amidft inconvenience... | |
| 1785 - 438 páginas
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| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 páginas
...may gratify curiofity to inform it, that the EngtijJ; Diftionary was written with little afTiftance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the foft obfcuritics of retirement, or under the flicker of academick bowers, but amidft inconvenience... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 450 páginas
...attonifhing that it was finilhed fo foon, fince it was written, аз he fays, " with, little affiftance 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 amidlt inconvenience and... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 páginas
...it was A 6 finifbed finiflied fo foon, firice it was written, as he fays, " with little affiftance 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... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 640 páginas
...competitors in the race, may yet be sensible of his deficiency when he runs against time. Well might he say, that ' the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned',' for he told me, that the only aid which he received was a paper containing twenty etymologies, sent... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 páginas
...competitors in the race, may yet be sensible of his deficiency when he runs against time. Well might he say, that ' the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned',' for he told me, that the only aid which he received was a paper containing twenty etymologies, sent... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 496 páginas
...the race, may yet be sensible of his deficiency when he runs against time. \Vell might • he say, that " the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned;" for he told me, that the only aid which he received was a paper containing twenty etymologies, sent... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 454 páginas
...may gratify curiofity to inform it, that the Englifl: Dictionary was written with little affiftance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the foft obfcurities of retirement, or under the fhcker of academick bowers, but amidft inconvenience and... | |
| Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 572 páginas
...number and nature of the works9 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"r at intervals snatched from his daily avocations, and amidst a variety of embarrassments, sufficient... | |
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