| James Boswell - 1860 - Страниц: 496
...definition ; and, in case he do not, to threaten him with an information. " 29th NOy. 1755. " W. MURRAY. " have protracted my work till most of those whom I...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise." That this indifference was rather a temporary than an habitual feeling, appears, I think, from his... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - Страниц: 788
...work, were obliged to change its economy, and give their second edition another form, I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection, which,...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise. REFLECTIONS ON LANDING AT IONA. 1 We were now treading that illustrious island which was onco the luminary... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - Страниц: 554
...work, were obliged to change its economy, and give their second edition another form, I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection, which,...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise. 214. FROM 'THE RAMBLER.' THE RIGHT IMPROVEMENT OF TIME. It is usual for those who are advised to the... | |
| The North American Review.VOL.XCVIII - 1864 - Страниц: 654
...irritable, and awkward Johnson closes the Preface to his Dictionary with a sentence of pathetic beauty : " I have protracted my work till most of those whom...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise." This morbid apathy, the expression of which is probably a little exaggerated, was never known to Mr.... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - Страниц: 784
...work, were obliged to change its economy, and give their second edition another form, I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection, which,...with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hoj e from censur-i or from praise. RKFLKCTIONS ON LANDING AT IONA.1 We were now treading that illustrious... | |
| 1865 - Страниц: 496
...fully displayed, I have only failed in an attempt which no human power has hitherto completed. ... I have protracted my work till most of those whom...with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hone from censure or from praise " In April, 1755, as we have said, the great work which had been finished... | |
| Book - 1868 - Страниц: 168
...praise of perfection, which, if I could obtain in this gloom of solitude, what would it avail me 1 I have protracted my work till most of those whom...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise. -1"' ''/... 1MJ L- ) THE HAMLET. 'T'HE hinds how blest, who ne'er beguiled To quit their hamlet's hawthorn-wild,... | |
| Class-book - 1869 - Страниц: 344
...work, were obliged to change its economy, and give their second edition another form, I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection, which,...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise. David Hume: 1711-1776. The Middle Station of Life. We may remark of the middle station of life, that... | |
| sir William Smith - 1869 - Страниц: 382
...work, were obliged to change its economy, and give their second edition another form, I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection, which,...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise. 1. Eagerness: eager originally meant sharp, bitter, being indeed the Lat. acer, derived through the... | |
| 1872 - Страниц: 660
...work, were obliged to change its economy, and give their second edition another form, — I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection, which...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise. THE VOYAGE OF LIFE. change of his disposition to all external objects, and the thoughtlessness with... | |
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