 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 σελίδες
...in sarcasm towards others, but sometimes in playful allusion to the notions commonly entertained of his own laborious task. Thus : " Grub-street, 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 σελίδες
...affect wit, nor presume to reason.' Johnson himself in The Adventurer, No. 39, had in 1753 described a At the time when he was concluding his very eloquent...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 σελίδες
...concluding his very eloquent Preface, Johnson's mind appears to have been in such a state of depression1, that we cannot contemplate without wonder the vigorous...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 σελίδες
...upon their work, were obliged to change its ceconomy, and give their second edition another form, I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection,...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... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 σελίδες
...upon their work, were obliged to change its (economy, and give their second edition another form, I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection,...grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds : I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or froia... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 σελίδες
...upon their work, were obliged to change its ceconomy, and give their second edition another form, I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection,...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 σελίδες
...obliged to change its oeconomy, and give their second edition another form, I may surely be coutented without the praise of perfection, which, if I could...wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success andmiscarriage are empty sounds. 1 therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 σελίδες
...Rochester. edition another form ; I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection ; & hich if I could obtain in this gloom of solitude, * what...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 514 σελίδες
...upon their work, were obliged to change its oeconomy, and give their second edition another form, I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection,...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 σελίδες
...time when he was concluding his very eloquent Preface, Johnson's mind appears to have been in such ц state of depression, that we cannot contemplate without...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... | |
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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. 
