 | Sir Henry Taylor - 1885 - 388 oldal
...years. I could not but think of Johnson's melancholy lament on his old servant and friend :— Condemned to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day ; By sudden stroke or slow decline Our means of comfort drop away. I hate this harping on the same string and will... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 466 oldal
...affectionate regard for Levett', that he honoured his memory with the following pathetick verses:— 'CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away. Well try'd through many a varying year, See LEVETT... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 470 oldal
...affectionate regard for Levett', that he honoured his memory with the following pathetick verses: — 'CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away. Well try'd through many a varying year, See LEVETT... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 216 oldal
...blest With some new joys cuts off what we possest.' Dryden, Aurengzcbe, Act iv. sc. I. ' Condemned to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away.' Johnson, Lines to Levett, Boswell's Life of Johnson,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 502 oldal
...jealousy, as it is allowed to be accidental." ' Boswell's Life of Johnson, \. 447. Levett, Robert: CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away. Well try'd through many a varying year, See Levett... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 oldal
...Death of Dr. Robert Levet," where he uses a simple four-line stanza with weight and dignity: Condemned to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to...blasts, or slow decline, Our social comforts drop away. This has the simple gravity of a hymn. Johnson's two great satires, "London" and the "Vanity," are... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 oldal
...by poverty depressed: (1. 177) On the Death of Mr. Robert Level, a Practiser in Physic 1 Condemned dith P. Hazen (1. 1—4) 3 His virtues walked their narrow round. Nor made a pause, nor left a void; And sure the... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 1993 - 422 oldal
...shall be taken away even that which he hath. ON THE DEATH OF DR. ROBERT LEVET SAMUEL JOHNSON Condemned to hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to...blasts, or slow decline, Our social comforts drop away. Well tried through many a varying year, See Levet to the grave descend; Officious, innocent, sincere,... | |
 | Wayne J. Urban - 2000 - 1372 oldal
...not part of the elite that had penned the humanist reflections of the pre-Enlightenment: Condemned to hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to...blasts, or slow decline, Our social comforts drop away. Well tried through many a varying year See Level to the grave descend; Officious, innocent, sincere,... | |
 | Kevin Hart - 1999 - 254 oldal
...It seems to appear in the opening stanza and be developed more strongly toward the end of the elegy: Condemn'd to hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from...blasts, or slow decline, Our social comforts drop away. No summons mock'd by chill delay, No petty gain disdain'd by pride, The modest wants of ev'ry day,... | |
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CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blasts or slow decline Our social comforts drop away. 
