 | 1852 - 590 trang
...of Lord Chesterfield, and, through him. of the listening world, that Patronage should be no more! " Seven years, my Lord, have now passed, since I waited...difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance.^ one word of encouragement,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 trang
...could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. " Seven years, iny Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward...difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement,... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 594 trang
...retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well-pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. "...difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication without one act of assistance,3 one word of encouragement,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 trang
...exhausted all the art of pleasing, which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that 1 could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all...repulsed from your door; during which time I have been poshing on my work, through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 trang
...and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqucur du vainqueur de la terre;1— that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the...difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1855 - 572 trang
...of Lord Chesterfield, and, through him, of the listening world, that Patronage should be no more! " Seven years, my Lord, have now passed, since I waited...difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,-)one word of encouragement,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 trang
...for which I saw the world contending ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neixYier pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it....difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 trang
...by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or...work through difficulties, of which it is useless lo complain, and have brought it, at kst, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1857 - 604 trang
...of Lord Chesterfield, and, through him, of the listening world, that Patronage should be no more! " / have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,! one word of encouragement,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 trang
...the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainquew du vainqueur de la terre;'— that I might obtain...difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement,... | |
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I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I had once addressed your Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the... 
