 these verses to imitate such a one, naming him : Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray; Strike thy bosom, sage! and tell What is bliss, and which the way? Thus I spoke, and speaking sigh'd, Scarce repress'd the starting tear, When...  Johnsonian Miscellanies - Page 199publié par - 1897 - 517 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 pages
...strong, IMITATION of the Style of ****. HERMIT hoar, in solemn cell Wearing out life's evening grey, Strike thy bosom, Sage, and tell What is bliss, and...hoary sage reply'd, Come, my lad, and drink some beer. BURLESQUE of the following Lines of LOPEZ DE VEGA. An IMPROMPTU. If the man who turnips cries, Cry... | |
 | Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 586 pages
...volubilis xvum. " Hermit hoar, in solemn cell HORATII SAT. '« Wearing out life's evening grey, *' Strike thy bosom, Sage, and tell, " WHAT is BLISS,...repress'd the starting tear ; When the hoary Sage replied, Come, my Friend, and, read it here,", Tolle, lege. PON finishing the last sentence on a subject,... | |
 | 1807 - 218 pages
...EXTEMPORANEOUS MOCK PARODY. [BY DR. .IOIINSON.] HERMiT hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evenln¿ grey, Strike thy bosom, sage, and tell, What is bliss, and...I spoke, and speaking sigh'd, Scarce repress'd the falling tear; When the hoary sage reply'd, Come, my lad, and drink some beer. EPITAPH, SENTTO BOB PORSTER,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 pages
...out the LITERATURE. 123 • " Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, " Wearing out life's evening gray; " Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell, « What is bliss? and which the way?" BOSWELL. " But why smite his bosom, Sir?" JOHNSON. " Why to shew he was in earnest." (smiling). Johnson... | |
 | Charles Snart - 1808 - 496 pages
...solemn cell i -, ••' Wearing out life's evening grey; Strike thy bosom, sage, and tell, ;> AVhat is bliss, and which the way ? Thus I spoke, and, speaking,...repress'd the starting tear, When the hoary sage reply'd, . v; Come, my .lad, and drink some beer. THE TULIP AND THE MYRTLE. S on the border of a stream A gaily... | |
 | Panorama - 1809 - 368 pages
...resist relief. IMITATION OF *«'S STYLE. HERMIT hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening grey, Strike thy bosom, sage, and tell, What is bliss, and which the way. Thus I spofce, and speaking sigh'd, Scarce repress'd the starting tear, When the hoary sage reply'd, ', Come,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 206 pages
...roll'il along. IMITATION OF THE STYLE C ' HERMIT hoar, in solemn cell Wearing out life's evening grey; Strike thy bosom sage, and tell What is bliss, and...repress'd the starting tear ; When the hoary sage replied,— ' Come, my lad, and drink some 1 BURLESQUE If the man who turnips cries Cry not when his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...IMITATION OF THE STYLE OF »*•*. ' HERMIT hoar, in solemn cell Wearing out life's evening grey ; Strike thy bosom sage, and tell What is bliss, and...Scarce repress'd the starting tear, When the hoary sage replied,— ' Come, my lad, and drink some beer.' BURLESQUE Of the following' Lines of Lofiez de Vega.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 202 pages
...along. IMITATION OF THE STYLE OF "". ' HERMIT hoar, in solemn cell Wearing out life's evening grey; Strike thy bosom sage, and tell What is bliss, and...Scarce repress'd the starting tear; When the hoary sage replied,— ' Come, my lad, and drink some beer.' BURLESQUE OF THE FOLLOWING LINES OF LOPEZ DB VEGJ.... | |
 | William Mudford - 1812 - 408 pages
...which often conduct to internal meanness and poverty) resembles the burlesque lines of Johnson:/ " Hermit hoar, in solemn cell Wearing out life's evening...Scarce repress'd the starting tear: When the hoary sage replied, Come my lad and drink some beer." The witty Duke of Buckingham in the Rehearsal, ridiculed... | |
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