At this man's table I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, with companions such as are not often found — with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David... The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 27by Samuel Johnson - 1820Full view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1854 - 450 pages
...life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom 1 hoped to have gratified with this character of our...eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.2' 2i Walmsley died in 1771, James in 1776, and Garrick in 1779,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 484 pages
...life ; with l)r. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom 1 hoped to have gratified with this character of our...eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.21 31 Wolinsley died in 1771, James in 1770, and Garrick in 1 779,... | |
| Charles Churchill, William Tooke - English poetry - 1854 - 386 pages
...with one who hns lengthened, and one who has gladdened life; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered; and with David Garrick, whom I 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1858 - 418 pages
...with one who has lengthened and one who has gladdened life; with t>r. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered, and with David Garrick, whom...character of our common friend: but what are the hopes of inan! I am disappointed by that stroke .of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished... | |
| James Boswell - 1858 - 482 pages
...with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick,...with this character of our common friend. But what arc the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations,... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1860 - 496 pages
...found—with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered; and with David Garrick, whom...eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." 1 Mr. Warton informs me, that this early friend of Johnson was... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1860 - 960 pages
...life; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered; and with David Garrick, whom 1 hoped to have gratified with this character of our...eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.** In these families he passed much time in liis early years. In... | |
| James Boswell - 1860 - 950 pages
...life; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered; and with David Garrick, whom 1 hoped to have gratified with this character of our...eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.** In these families he passed much time in his early years. In most... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1864 - 442 pages
...with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered; and with David Garrick, whom...of man! I am disappointed by that stroke of death, SMITH. 53 which lias eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless... | |
| 1849 - 636 pages
...— (Vol. i., p. 332.) Johnson's fine allusion to Garrick's death was never thought exaggerated. " e ̡ 4 Ï s+ A C ` e鄽< 7G P Y[ gayety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." Nor could any satirist... | |
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