 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 Seiten
...Yet then shall calm reflection bless the night, When liberal pity dignified delight ; When pleasure fired her torch at virtue's flame, And mirth was bounty with an humbler name. i Performed at Covent Garden Theatre for the benefit of Mrs; Kelly, widow of Hugh Kelly, Esq. (the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 Seiten
...then, shall calm reflection bless the night, When lib'ral pity dignify'd delight ; When pleasure fir'd her torch at virtue's flame, And mirth was bounty with an humbler name. SPRING; AN ODE. STERN winter now, by spring repressed, Forhears the long-continued strife ; And nature,... | |
 | Richard Ryan - 1825 - 374 Seiten
...then shall calm reflection bless the night, When lib'ral pity dignify 'd delight ; When Pleasure fir'd her torch at Virtue's flame, And Mirth was Bounty, with an humbler name. THE SPECTATOR, TATLER, AND GUARDIAN. THE first time that Henderson rehearsed a part at Drury Lane,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 Seiten
...then shall calm reflection bless the night, When liberal pity dignify 'd delight ; When Pleasure fir'd her torch at Virtue's flame, And Mirth was Bounty with an humbler name. SPRING, AN ODE. STERN Winter now, by Spring repress'd, Forbears the long-continued strife ; And Nature... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 Seiten
...then, shall calm reflection bless the night, When lib'ral pity dignify'd delight ; When pleasure fir'd her torch at virtue's flame, And mirth was bounty with an humbler name. SPRING; AN ODE. STERN winter now, by spring repressed, Forbears the long-continued strife ; And nature,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 416 Seiten
...then shall calm reflection bless the night, When liberal pity dignified delight ; When pleasure fir'd her torch at virtue's flame, And mirth was bounty with an humbler name. A circumstance which could not fail to be very pleasing to Johnson occurred this year. The tragedy... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 586 Seiten
...Yet then shall calm reflection bless the night, When liberal pity dignified delight ; When pleasure fired her torch at virtue's flame, And mirth was bounty with an humbler name." [Dr. Johnson, indeed, was always liberal in grant- P«MHU ing literary assistance to others ; and innumerable... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 690 Seiten
...Yet then shall calm reflection bless the night, When liberal pity dignified delight ; When pleasure fired her torch at virtue's flame, And mirth was bounty with an humbler name." [Dr. Johnson, indeed, was always liberal in grant- Pioiii' ing literary assistance to others ; and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 Seiten
...: Yet then shall calm reflection bless the night When liberal pity dignified delight; When pleasure fired her torch at virtue's flame, And mirth was bounty with an humbler name." (1) ( 1 ) Mr. Murphy related in Dr. Johnson's hearing- one day, and he did not deny it, that when Murphy... | |
 | James Boswell - 1844 - 370 Seiten
...Yet then shall calm reflection bless the night "When liberal pity dignified delight ; When pleasure fired her torch at virtue's flame, And mirth was bounty with an humbler name."(l) ( 1 ) Mr. Murphy related in Dr. Johnson's hearing one day, and he did not deny it, that when... | |
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... too late to praise. If want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss; — the poet cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last a fleeting gleam, or empty sound. 
