| Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 276 páginas
...grave descend ; tJ Officious, innocent, sincere, J\ Of every friendless name the friend) y ^ r J*-< 3 Yet still he fills Affection's eye, Obscurely wise...Nor, letter'd Arrogance, deny Thy praise to merit unrefined. 4 When fainting Nature call'd for aid, And hovering Death prepared the blow, His vigorous... | |
| Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 410 páginas
...under the direction of Dr. Lawrence. " When fainting Nature called for aid, And hovering death prepared the blow, His vigorous remedy display'd The power of Art without the show ; No summons mocked by chill delay, JVb petty gains disdained by pride, The modest wants of every day... | |
| Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 406 páginas
...under the direction of Dr. Lawrence. " When fainting Nature called for aid, And hovering death prepared the blow, His vigorous remedy display'd The power of Art without the show ; No summons mocked by chill delay, JVb petty i/i', ',!>, t'i':ilti :,!ttl by pride, The modest wants... | |
| Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 572 páginas
...See Levet to the grave descend, Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend. " Yet still he fills affection's eye, Obscurely wise and coarsely kind ; Nor, lettered Arrogance, deny Thy praise to merit unrefined." This picture of Johnson's interior is true... | |
| English poets - 1862 - 626 páginas
...See Levett to the grave descend, Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend. Yet still he fills affection's eye, Obscurely wise and coarsely kind ; Nor, lettered arrogance, deny Thy praise to merit unrefined. When fainting nature called for aid, And hoYering... | |
| Belgravia - 1866 - 552 páginas
...See Levet to the grave descend ; Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend. Yet still he fills affection's eye, Obscurely wise...kind, Nor letter'd arrogance deny Thy praise to merit unrefined.' Dr. Johnson once lived for a short time in Fetter-lane; and a doubtful tradition fixes... | |
| 1869 - 398 páginas
...every friendless name the friend. " "When fainting nature call'd for aid, And hovering death prepared the blow, His vigorous remedy display'd The power of art without the show. 'f In misery's darkest caverns known, His ready help was ever nigh, Where hopeless anguish pour'd his... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 páginas
...See Level to the grave descend, Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend. Yet still he fills affection's eye, Obscurely wise,...Nor. letter'd arrogance, deny Thy praise to merit unrefined. When fainting nature call'd for aid, And hovering death prepared the blow, His vigorous... | |
| Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 páginas
...healing art. Dr. Johnson's friend, Robert Levot, tho sage wrote an elegy, in which these stanzas occur: When fainting nature call'd for aid, And hov'ring death prepar'd the blow, His vig'rous remedy display'd The power of art without tho show. In misery's darkest cavern known, His... | |
| English poems - 1870 - 722 páginas
...See Levet to the grave descend, ( )fficious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend. Yet still he fills affection's eye, Obscurely wise, and coarsely kind ; Nor, lettered Arrogance, deny Thy praise to merit unrefined. When fainting nature called for aid, And hovering... | |
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