 He was naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hinderance : he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images of his predecessors, but he did not seek them. From his contemporaries he neither courted...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Էջ 46Samuel Johnson - 1840Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 302 էջ
...not feek them. From his contemporaries he neither courted MILTON. 223 courted nor received fupport; there is in his writings nothing by which the pride...might be gratified, or favour gained; no exchange of praife, nor felicitation of fupport. His great works were performed under difcountenance, and in blindnefs,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 494 էջ
...predeceffbrs, but he did not feek them. From his contemporaries he neither courted nor received fupport ; there is in his writings nothing by which the pride...might be gratified, or favour gained ; no exchange of praife, nor felicitation of fupport. His great works were performed under difcountenance,. and in blindnefs,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 էջ
...predeceflbrs, but he did not feck them. From his contemporaries he neither courted nor received fupport; there is in his Writings nothing by which the pride...might be gratified, or favour gained ; no exchange of praife, nor felicitation of fupport. His great works were performed under difcountenance, and in blindnefs,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 էջ
...predeceflbrs, but he did not fcek them. From his contemporaries he neither courted nor wceived fupport; there is in his writings nothing by which the pride...might be gratified, or favour gained > no exchange of praife, nor felicitation of fupport. His great works were performed under difcountenance, and in blindnefs,... | |
 | 1788 - 642 էջ
...naturally a thinker for himfelf, confident of hit. own abilities, and difdaioful of help or hindrance. There is in his writings nothing by which the pride...might be gratified, or favour gained ; no exchange of praife, or felicitation of fupport. fp. 162.) He had watched with^ g'eat diligence the operations of... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 էջ
...naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance : he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images...; but difficulties vanished at his touch : he was born for whatever is arduous ; and his work is not the greatest of heroic poems, only because it is... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 էջ
...naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance. From his contemporaries he neither courted nor received...exchange of praise, nor solicitation of support.' Jo'inson's Worts, vii. 142. See/w/, Feb. 1766, for Johnson's opinion on ' courting great men.' a sure,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 էջ
...his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance. From his contemporaries he neither couited nor received support ; there is in his writings nothing...exchange of praise, nor solicitation of support.' Jo'inson's Works, vii. 142. See /»<«/, Feb. 1766, for Johnson's opinion on 'courting great men.'... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 էջ
...nor received support; i in his writings nothing by which the pride of other authors might be •A, or favour gained ; no exchange of praise, nor solicitation...performed under discountenance, and in blindness, but " fitficulties vanished at his touch; he was born for whatever is arduous; and his itoik is not the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 էջ
...naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance: he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images...His great works were performed under discountenance, ^nd in blindness, but difficulties vanished at his touch ; he was born for whatever is arduous; and... | |
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