 | James Boaden - 1893 - Страниц: 506
...the Haymarket, a retirement took place which, in the words of our memorable sage, once more really ' eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.' I allude to the farewell acknowledgments of a gentleman whom I had the happiness to know, and long... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - Страниц: 660
...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 public stock of harmless pleasure. (From the Same.) A TASK COMPLETED IN hope of giving longevity to that which its own nature forbids... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - Страниц: 670
...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 public stock of harmless pleasure. (From the Same.) A TASK COMPLETED IN hope of giving longevity to that which its own nature forbids... | |
 | A. B. Clifton - 1898 - Страниц: 156
...with Dr James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered, and with David Garrick, whose death has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." There are other monuments in this aisle, but they are scarcely of such general interest. Here are tablets... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1899 - Страниц: 58
...introducing into it the SAMUEL deathless sentence * * « " by that stroke of JOHNSON death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." SAMUEL QBPPP K *'lfiHB HREE ' months in London and JOHNSON IJ^jM!j^3j5JJ Johnson succeeded in getting... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - Страниц: 346
...actor's profession, said of Garrick at his death, " I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." Cowper was no friend to the theatre : like most Evangelicals, he could not dissociate it from vice.... | |
 | Arthur Edmund Garnier - 1900 - Страниц: 308
...Johnson, in reference to his old companion, wrote, " I am disappointed by the stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." At a sale in 1890, of David Garrick's books, one of them, entitled " Nouvean Theatre Italien," 1733,... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1923 - Страниц: 430
...which can only die with the English language: "I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." Will it be believed that puny critics have been found to quarrel with this colossal compliment on the... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1924 - Страниц: 440
...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 public stock of harmless pleasure." The book is full of wit and thought, but although a charming companion it is one of the worst of guides.... | |
 | 1925 - Страниц: 638
...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 public stock of harmless pleasure." Gilbert Walmisley, DD, little knew, when he befriended the uncouth son of the Lichfield bookseller,... | |
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... 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 I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ? I... 
