 | 1852 - 436 pages
...letters in the English language. Everyone will remember its concluding sentences, where he asks, " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1853 - 130 pages
...' The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. ' Is not a patron, .my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help P The . notice which... | |
 | Ireland - 1853 - 528 pages
...and his wife, through friendship for their son—he would regret the bitter taunt to Chesterfield—" Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?"—and would have wished... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1853 - 594 pages
...The shepherd in ' Virgil' grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with love, and found him a native of the rocks. . " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and wheu he has reached ground encumbers him with help ? The notice which you... | |
 | 1882 - 858 pages
...and its author well known, that nobleman appeared proud of the title. It was then that Johnson wrote: 'Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you... | |
 | John Forster - 1854 - 642 pages
...publication, without one " act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile " of favour. ... Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks " with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, " and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with " help ? The notice which... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...world. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached the ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...Pope ; The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached the ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 574 pages
...more than a single extract from this spirited effusion of wounded pride and insulted feeling : — " Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached the ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which... | |
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Is not a patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? 
