 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 206 pages
...Nor Praise relax, nor Difficulty fright ; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain ; Should Beauty blunt on...claim the triumph of a letter'd heart ; Should no Disease thy torpid veins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantoms haunt thy shade ; Yet hope not life from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...Racon, built on an arch over the bridge, will fall, when a man greaterthan on shall pass under it. Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph of a letter'd heart ; Should no Disease thy torpid veins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantoms haunt thy shade ; Yet hope not life from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 202 pages
...Nor Praise relax, nor Difficulty fright ; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain ; Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the trinmph of a letter'd heart ; Should no Disease thy torpid veins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantoms... | |
 | John Ryley, John Gawthorp, John Whitley - 1815 - 308 pages
...concluding expression has generally been a strong sentiment in one of Doctor Johnson's couplets, Let beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph of a letter,d heart. These pleasant discussions have been relished by my father, and I think he encourages them for the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 298 pages
...Nor praife relax, nor difficulty fright: Should tempting novelty thy cell refrain, And (loth eiFufe her opiate fumes in vain ; Should beauty blunt on...veins invade, Nor melancholy's phantoms haunt thy fhade ; Yet hope not life from grief or danger free, Nor think the doom of man revers'd for thee :... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 154 pages
...Should tempting novelty thy cell refrain, And sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vainj Should beauty biunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph of a letter'd heart; Should no disease thy torpid veins invade, Nor melancholy's phantoms haunt thy shade — Yet hope not life from... | |
 | 1817 - 314 pages
...Nor Praise relax, nor Difficulty fright; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain ; Should Beauty blunt on...Nor claim the triumph of a letter'd heart; Should no Disease thy torpid veins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantoms haunt thy shade ; Yet hope not life from... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pages
...Nor praise relax, nor difficulty fright ; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain ; Should Beauty blunt on...claim the triumph of a letter'd heart ; Should no disease thy torpid veins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantoms haunt thy shade ; Yet hope not life from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 368 pages
...Nor praise relax, nor difficulty fright. Should tempting Novelty thy cell re*frain, And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain ; Should Beauty blunt on...claim the triumph of a letter'd heart ; Should no disease thy torpid veins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantoms haunt thy shade ; Yet hope not life from... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pages
...Nor praise relax, nor difficulty fright; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain ; Should Beauty blunt on...Nor claim the triumph of a letter'd heart; Should no disease thy torpid veins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantoms haunt thy shade ; Yet hope not life from... | |
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Nor praise relax, nor difficulty fright; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain; Should beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph of a letter'd heart; Should no disease thy torpid veins invade,... 
