 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
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 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. k See prefatory remarks to Irene, vol. ip 25. In the library at... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...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 of nations, and impoverished the publick stock of harmless pleasure. In the Library at Oxford is the following ludicrous analysis of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 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...the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public slock of harmless pleasure. In the Library at Oxford is the following lndicrous A ualysisofPocockius:... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 440 pages
...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 of nations, and impoverished the publick stock of harmless pleasure." In these families he passed much time in his early years. In most... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pages
...erected in the cathedral of Llchfleld, with an inxrtptlon written Ъу Mr. Seward, one of the prewhich has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harm. less pleasure." In these families he passed much time in his early years. In most of them, he... | |
 | David Booth - 1831 - 408 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 stock of harmless pleasure." The skeleton of the preceding paragraph is, merely, " I dined at this... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 pages
...I hope 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 these families he passed much time in his early years. In most... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 pages
...I hope 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 these families he passed much time in his early years. In most... | |
 | William White - 1834 - 800 pages
...latter of whom was so celebrated in the histrionic art, that, as his friend Johnson said, " His death eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." The Cuoiit, and St. Mary's chapel, or Lady choir, were formerly separated from each other by a stone... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 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. In the library at Oxford... | |
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