 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 - 1854 - 484 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...nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.21 31 Wolinsley died in 1771, James in 1770, and Garrick in 1 779, in which year Johnson wrote... | |
 | Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1854 - 386 pages
...hoped to have gratified with this character of onr common friend ; bnt, what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has...eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the pnblic stock of harmless pleasnre." — lift O/°EDMUXD SMITH. SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES TO THE ROSCIAD. THE... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1854 - 626 pages
...nature is to be perpetuated for ever. It does not seem, therefore, to have been their influence which "eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." There is the testimony of Cassiodorus that pantomimic plays were performed as early as the sixth century,... | |
 | Silvester Tissington - 1857 - 560 pages
...such astonishing Dramatic talents, As too well verified the observation of his friend : ' His death eclipsed the gaiety of nations, And impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.' " On SAMUEL FOOTE, the comedian, who died in 1 777, aged about 55, and was buried in Westminster Abbey... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1858 - 418 pages
...I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend: but what are the hopes of inan! 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 Pocockius: EX AUTOGKAPHO. (Sent by... | |
 | George Bradshaw - 1858 - 904 pages
...Garrick, by hie widow, has an inscription ending with Johnson'« well known eulogy: — "His dealt eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." A monument to Dean Howard, by Arnmtead, was added 1876. Among the curiosities in the Chapter ffoasf... | |
 | John William Cole - 1859 - 388 pages
...fidelity be applied to the untimely fate of Power, in the full tide of his popularity : — " His death eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." During the early part of 1818, there appeared alarming indications of a revival of the Rosciomania.... | |
 | John William Cole - 1859 - 402 pages
...fidelity be applied to the untimely fate of Power, in the full tide of his popularity:—" His death eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." During the early part of 1818, there appeared alarm-' ing indications of a revival of the Rosciomania.... | |
 | John William Cole - 1859 - 810 pages
...fidelity be applied to the untimely fate of Power, in the full tide of his popularity : — " His death eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." During the early part of 1818, there appeared alarming indications of a revival of the Rosciomania.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 496 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...impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." 1 Mr. Warton informs me, that this early friend of Johnson was entered a Commoner of Trinity of College,... | |
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