 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under...inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.' Johnson's Works, \. 51. ' Upon comparing this copy with that which Dr. Johnson dictated to me from... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academick bovvers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.' Johnson's Works,\. 51.... | |
 | Books - 1805 - 984 pages
...evinced by the number and nature of the works which he published. These, it should be remembered, were written, ' not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but* at intervals snatched from his daily avocations, and amidst a variety of embarrassments,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic k bowers, but amid inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...written, as he says, " with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. " The sorrow... | |
 | John Jackson - Lichfield (England) - 1805 - 308 pages
...written, as he says, " with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow." The sorrow to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 520 pages
...Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under...inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress the triumph ol malignant criticism to observe, that if our Ianjuage is not here fully... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1809 - 530 pages
...Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under...inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress the triumph of malignant criticism to observe, that if our Ianguage is not here fully... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 524 pages
...Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academick bowers, but amblst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress the triumph of malignant... | |
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Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great ; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academick bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. 
