| John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 páginas
...kept in his house to tend the out-pensioners, and of whom he said most truly and sublimely, that " In misery's darkest caverns known, His ready help...anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely want retired to die." I have forgotten the year, but it could scarely, I think, be later than 1765 or 1766, that he... | |
| John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 páginas
...kept in his house to tend the out-pensioners, and of whom he said most truly and sublimely, that " In misery's darkest caverns known, His ready help...hopeless anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely want retiree! to die." I have forgotten the year, but it could scarely, I think, be later than 1765 or 1766,... | |
| James Boswell - 1843 - 588 páginas
...praise to merit unrefined. " When fainting Nature call'd for aid, And hovering death prepared the blow, His vigorous remedy display'd The power of art without...His ready help was ever nigh. Where hopeless anguish poni'd his groan, And lonely wont retired to die *. " No summons mock'd by chill delay, No petty gains... | |
| Walter Scott - 1845 - 524 páginas
...SCfje Surfleon's Daujjljtrr. When fainting Nature call'd for aid, And hovering Death prepared the blow, His vigorous remedy display'd The power of Art without...the show : In Misery's darkest caverns known, His useful rare was ever nigh, Where hopeless Anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely Want retired to die... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 páginas
...fainting Nature called for aid, f And hovering Death prepared the blow, His vigorous remedy displayed The power of Art without the show. In misery's darkest...caverns known, His ready help was ever nigh, Where helpless anguish poured his groan, And lonely want retired to die. No summons mocked by chill delay,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1851 - 508 páginas
...SURGEON'S DAUGHTER. CHAPTER T When fainting Nature call'd for aid, And hovering Death prepared the blow, His vigorous remedy display'd The power of art without...the show ; In Misery's darkest caverns known, His useful care was ever nigh, Where hopeless Anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely Want retired to die... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 páginas
...fainting Nature called for aid, And hovering Death prepared the blow, His vigorous remedy displayed The power of Art without the show. In misery's darkest...caverns known, His ready help was ever nigh, Where helpless anguish poured his groan, And lonely want retired to die. No summons mocked by chill delay,... | |
| Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 páginas
...remedy display'd The pow'r of art without the show. In Misery's darkest cavern known, His useful care was ever nigh, Where hopeless Anguish pour'd his groan And lonely Want retir'd to die. No summons mock'd by chili delay, No petty gain disdain'd by pride, The modest wants... | |
| John Forster - 1854 - 512 páginas
...remembered in connection with Johnson's noble verse : " In Misery's darkest caverns known, " His useful care was ever nigh, " Where hopeless Anguish p'our'd his groan, " And lonely Want retir'd to die." t It has been supposed that this was the wretched Bickerstaff, but it was not till... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 276 páginas
...remedy display'd The power of Art without the show. 5 In Misery's darkest cavern known, His useful care was ever nigh ; Where hopeless Anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely Want retired to die. 6 No summons, mock'd by chill delay ; No petty gain, disdain'd by pride ; The modest wants of... | |
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