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" 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... "
The Lives of the English Poets: and a Criticism of Their Work - Page 483
by Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 536 pages
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The Reader, Volume 1

English literature - 1925 - 638 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,...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...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson

Robert Anderson - College readers - 696 pages
...has gladdened life ; — with Dr James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; with DAVIJ> GARRICK, whom I hoped to have gratified with this...common friend. But what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by the stroke of death, which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the...
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Eighteenth-century Contexts: Historical Inquiries in Honor of Phillip Harth

Greg Harkin - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 340 pages
...with one who has lengthened and one who has gladdened life; with Dr. James, whose skill in physick will be long remembered; and with David Garrick, whom...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...
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Theatrical sculpture: skulptierte Bildnisse berühmter englischer ...

Jan Seewald - Portrait sculpture, English - 2007 - 361 pages
...die Inschrift der Tafel entstand. Im Folgenden zitiert Boswell einen Kommentar von Johnson: „[...] David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are hopes of man! I am disappointed by that stroke of death, which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 418 pages
...with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life; with Dr. James, whose skill in physick will be long remembered; and with David Garrick whom...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...
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