 | British essayists - 1802 - 266 σελίδες
...been animated by the rewards of the liberal, the caresses of the great, or the praises of the eminent. But I have no design to gratify pride by submission, or malice by lamentation 5 nor think it reasonable to complain of neglect from those whose regard I never solicited. If I have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 354 σελίδες
...animated by the rewards of the liberal, the caresses of the great, or th« praises of ll.e eminent. But I have no design to gratify pride by submission,...neglect from those whose regard I never solicited. Jf I have not been distinguished by the distributors of literary honours, I have seldom descended to... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 320 σελίδες
...been animated by the rewards of the liberal, the caresses of the great, or the praises of the eminent. But I have no design to gratify pride by submission,...solicited. If I have not been distinguished by the distributers of literary honours, I have seldom descended to the arts by which favour is obtained.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 272 σελίδες
...been animated by the rewards of the liberal, the caresses of the great, or the praises of the eminent. But I have no design to gratify pride by submission,...neglect from those whose regard I never solicited. If 1 have not been distinguished by the distributers of literary honours, I have seldom descended to the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 412 σελίδες
...been animated by the rewards of the liberal, the caresses of the great, or the praises of the eminent. But I have no design to gratify pride by submission....rise and fall, without any attempt to add a moment lo their duration. I have never complied with temporary curiosity, nor enabled my readers to discuss... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 416 σελίδες
...been animated by the rewards of the liberal, the caresses of the great, or the praises of the eminent. But I have no design to gratify pride by submission,...I have not been distinguished by the distributors distributors of literary honours, I have seldom descended to the arts by which favour is obtained.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 272 σελίδες
...been animated by the rewards of the liberal, the caresses of the great, or the praises of the eminent. But I have no design to gratify pride by submission,...whose regard I never solicited. If I have not been disr tinguished by the distributers of literary honours, I have seldom descended to the arts by which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 422 σελίδες
...been animated by the rewards of the liberal, the caresses of the great, or the praises of the eminent. But I have no design to gratify pride by submission,...distinguished by the distributors of literary honours, I have No. 208. THE RAMBLER. 393 seldom descended to the arts by which favour is obtained. I have seen the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 414 σελίδες
...animated by the rewards of the liberal, the caresses of the great, or the praises of the eminent. / But I have no design to gratify pride by submission,...I have not been distinguished by the distributors distributors of literary honours, I have seldom descended to the arts by which favour is obtained..... | |
 | 1822 - 370 σελίδες
...been animated by the rewards of the liberal, the caresses of the great, or the praises of the eminent. But I have no design to gratify pride by submission,...solicited. If I have not been distinguished by the distributers of literary honours, I have seldom descended to the arts by which favour is obtained.... | |
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I have never been much a favourite of the publick, nor can boast that, in the progress of my undertaking, I have been animated by the rewards of the liberal, the caresses of the great, or the praises of the eminent. But I have no design to gratify pride... 
