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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. "
Life of Johnson - Page 203
by James Boswell - 1904
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...Commissioner of Excise." — The persons to whom he •alludes were Mr. John Oldmixon, and George Ducket, Esq. Let it, however, be remembered, that this indulgence...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...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...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...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...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...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...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...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...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,...little to fear or hope from censure Or from praise. PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING THE DRAMATIC WORKS •> WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Printed in the Year 1756. VV HEN...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical Illustrative of the ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 520 pages
...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,...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise." More than half a. century has now elapsed since the publication of this great work, which, notwithstanding...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 524 pages
...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,...tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or froia praise." More than half a. century has now elapsed since the publication of this great work,...
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Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1809 - 530 pages
...gloom of solitude, what would it avail me ? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wilied to please have sunk into the grave, and success and...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise." More than half a century has now elapsed since the publication of this great work, which, notwithstanding...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 pages
...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...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His Works

Robert Anderson - Authors, English - 1815 - 660 pages
...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...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise." As though he had foreseen some of the circumstances which would attend this publication, he observes,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 514 pages
...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,...little to fear or hope from censure or from praise. F2 PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING THE • DRAMATICK WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Printed in the Year 1756....
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