 | 1885 - 686 pages
...appear, Forbear to hiss — the poet cannot hear. By all like him must praise and blame be found At best a fleeting gleam, or empty sound. Yet then shall calm...flame, And mirth was bounty with an humbler name. WILLIAM SHENSTONE. 1714-1763. [SHENSTONE was bom at the Leasowes, near Hales Owen, in 1714 : he died... | |
 | Thomas Young Crowell - 1885 - 702 pages
...appear, Forbear to hiss — the poet cannot hear. By all like him must praise and blame be found At best a fleeting gleam, or empty sound. Yet then shall calm...When liberal pity dignified delight; When pleasure tir'd her torch at virtue's flame, And mirth was bounty with an hambler name. WILLIAM SHENSTONE. t7t4-t763.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 492 pages
...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,...flame, And mirth was bounty with an humbler name'.' with some encouragement, till it was * ' This address had the desired insinuated that he was a pensioner... | |
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 pages
...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,...virtue's flame, And mirth was bounty with an humbler name1.' with some encouragement, till it was ' ' This address had the desired insinuated that he was... | |
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 pages
...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,...virtue's flame, And mirth was bounty with an humbler name1.' with some encouragement, till it was insinuated that he was a pensioner of the minister, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 544 pages
...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...delight; When pleasure fir'd her torch at virtue's flamCj And mirth was bounty with an humbler name." A circumstance which could not fail to be very pleasing... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 578 pages
...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...Overbury," written by his early companion in London, Bichard Savage, was brought out with alterations at Drury-lane theatre.1 The prologue to it was written... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 464 pages
...ReUUves and FriendsIncomes of Curates— Johnson's humane and zealous Interference in beh&Jf of Dr. Dodd. A CIRCUMSTANCE which could not fail to be very pleasing...Sir Thomas Overbury," written by his early companion iu London, Richard Savage, was brought out with alterations at Drury-lane theatre.1 The prologue to... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1889 - 634 pages
...appear, Forbear to hiss — the poet cannot hear. By all like him must praise and blame be found At best a fleeting gleam, or empty sound. Yet then shall calm reflection bless the night, When liberal pity dignif1ed delight ; When pleasure fir'd her torch at virtue's flame, And mirth was bounty with an humbler... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 pages
...want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss ; — the poet cannot hear. By all, like hiin, must praise and blame be found, At last, a fleeting...When liberal pity dignified delight ; When pleasure hred her torch at virtue's flame, And mirth was bounty with an humbler name." A circumstance which... | |
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tis 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. 
