 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - Страниц: 764
...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 neglected,...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... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - Страниц: 588
...well-pleased to have his all neglected, he it ever so little. " Seven years, my lord, have now passed sinee I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have heen pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have hrought... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - Страниц: 594
...parties; something equivalent to this was necessary to justify the statement in an offensive form, " I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door." The suspicion that pecuniary assistance was expected is greatly strengthened by the complaint that... | |
 | John Forster - 1854 - Страниц: 512
...have " now past," he wrote to Lord Chesterfield, on appearance of the Dictionary four years before, " 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - Страниц: 786
...the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected,...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,... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - Страниц: 638
...and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well-pleased to hftve his all neglected, be it ever so little. " Seven years,...was repulsed from your door ; during which time I hare been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1858 - Страниц: 424
...the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected,...lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward room, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties... | |
 | Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - 1858 - Страниц: 362
...the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly4 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.5 Seven years, my Lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1859 - Страниц: 620
...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...on my work* through, difficulties, of which it is nseless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,^... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - Страниц: 950
...pleased to have his all neglected, IK; it ever so little. •| Seven yi-ars, my lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed...pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it i* useless to complain, and have brought it, at lunt, to the verge of publication, without one act... | |
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I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a 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. 
