 James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ? I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety...  Garrick and His Circle - Page 10by Florence Mary Wilson Parsons - 1906 - 417 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 620 pages
...hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend: but v, IM! are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death, which has...impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure. lu the library at Oxford is the following ludicrous analysis of Pocockius : Ex AUTOGRAPHO. [Sent by... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 pages
...our common friend: but what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death, whicb has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure. In the library at Oxford is the following ludicrous analysis of Pocockius: Ex AUTOGRAPHO. [Sent by... | |
 | 1810 - 206 pages
...contradict me. — No, Sir: the taking off Sir Roger " was an act not to be defended. You thereby " eclipsed the gaiety of Nations ; and impoverished " the public stock of harmless pleasure." The person to whom it was addressed, bowed silently, with a half assenting smile, to this reproof;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 pages
...hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend ; but what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has...impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure. In the library at Oxford is the following ludicrous •Analysis of Pocackius : EX AUTOGRAPHO. [Sent... | |
 | 1812 - 474 pages
...hoped to have gratified with this character of " our common friend. But what are the hopes " of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of " death, which...impoverished the public stock "of harmless pleasure." Life of Edmund Smith. Mr. Hogarth lived in habits of intimacy with David Garrick, who being president... | |
 | John Britton - 1813 - 614 pages
...Garrick, erected by bis widow. The inscription closes with the words of his friend Johnson : " His death eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." Not far from hence near the south door is situated another elegant mural monument, adorned with a celestial... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1813 - 696 pages
...k, erected by his widow. The inscription closes with the words of his friend Johnson : " His death eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." Not far from hence near the south door is situated another elegant mural monument, adorned with a celestial... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 504 pages
...hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend ; but what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death, which has...eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the publick stock of harmless pleasure. In. the Library at Oxford is the following ludicrous analysis of... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pages
...hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend — but what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death, which has eclipsed the gayety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure !" (Johnson's Life of Edmund... | |
 | John Britton - 1817 - 448 pages
...with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whose death has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." Thus, by the power of exciting particular reflections and sentiments, certain spots of the earth become... | |
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