 | William White - 1834 - Страниц: 800
...— tbe latter of whom was so celebrated in the histrionic art, that, as his friend Johnson said, " His death eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." The Cuoiit, and St. Mary's chapel, or Lady choir, were formerly separated from each other by a stone... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - Страниц: 402
...life, but 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." 701 . Further Anecdotes of Johnson's Parents. Of Michael Johnson little is generally known, beyond... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - Страниц: 460
...life, but 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." 701. Further Anecdotes of Johnsons Parents. Of Michael Johnson little is generally known, beyond the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - Страниц: 366
...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." In these families he passed much time in his early years. In most of them, he was in the company of... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - Страниц: 656
...life, but 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." 701. Johnson's Parents. Of Michael Johnson little is generally known, beyond the fact that he was a... | |
 | John William Cole - 1839 - Страниц: 192
...him and his art, in his Life of Smith, by saying that "he had gladdened life, and that his death had eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." COLERIDGE, a man whose piety and profound learning almost entitle him to a place among the divines... | |
 | John William Cole - 1839 - Страниц: 194
...him and his art, in his Life of Smith, by saying that "he had gladdened life, and that his death had eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." COLERIDGE, a man whose piety and profound learning almost entitle him to a place among the divines... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - Страниц: 522
...friend : but what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death, which has ecli psed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure. In the Library at Oxford is the following ludicrous Analysis of Pocockius : EX AUTOGRAPHO. [Sent by... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - Страниц: 544
...life, but 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." 701. Johnson's Parents. Of Michael Johnson little is generally known, beyond the fact that he was a... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1844 - Страниц: 590
...common friend ; but what are the hopes of man 1 I am disappointed by this stroke of death, which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasures."; — ED. * Hannah More, in a letter to her sister, gives the following striking account... | |
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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... 
