 | William Shenstone - 1769 - 426 pages
...plagued and threatened by wretches that are E 4 low in every fenfe; to be forced to drink himfelf iuto pains of the body in order to get rid of the pains of the mind, is a mifery which I can well conceive, becaufe I may, without vanity, efteem myfelf his equal in point of... | |
 | William Shenstone - 1769 - 376 pages
...think on. For a man pf high fpirit, confcious of having (at leaft in one produftion) generally pleafed the world, to be plagued and threatened by wretches that are low in every fenfe ; to be forced to drink himfelf into pains of the tody in. order to get rid of the pains of the... | |
 | William Shenstone - 1773 - 378 pages
...threatened by wretches that are low in every fenfe ; to be forced to drink himfelf into pains of the fcody in order to get rid of the pains of the mind; is a mifery which I can well conceive,- becaufe I may, without vanity, efteem myfelf his equal in point... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 478 pages
..." plagued and threatened by wretches that " are low in every fenfe; to be forced to " drink himfelf into pains of the body, in " order to get rid of the pains of the mind, ** is a mifery.'' — He died July 14, 1743. It is with regret that I find myfelf not better enabled to exhibit... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 258 pages
...on. For a man of high fpirit, con" fcious of having (at leaft in one pro** duction) generally pleafed the world, "'to be plagued- and threatened by " wretches that are low in every fenfe ;. '* to be forced to drink himfelf into "• pains of the body, in order to get " rid of the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 pages
...on. For a man of high fpirit, con" fcious of having (at lea.fl in one produc" tion) generally pleafed the world, to be " plagued and threatened by wretches that " are low in every fenfe; to be forced to *' drink himfelf into pains of the body, in " order to get rid of the pains... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 244 pages
...of high fpirit, con" fcious of having (at leaft in one proSOMERVILE. 3 " duction) generally pleafed the world, " to be plagued and threatened by " wretches that are low in every fenle ; " to be forced to drink himfelf into " pains of the body, In order to get " rid of the pains... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 pages
...For a man of high fpirit, con* " fcious of having (at leaft in one produc" tion) generally pleafed the world, to be *' plagued and threatened by wretches that " are low in every fenfe; to be forced to " drink himfelf into pains of the body, in ** order to get rid of the pains... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 602 pages
...man of high fpirit, con" fcious of having (at leaft in one produc" tion) generally pleafed the wovld, to be *' plagued and threatened by wretches that " are low in every fenfe; to be forced to " drink himfelf into pains of the body, in ** order to get rid of the pains... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 332 pages
...on. For a " man of high fpirit, confcious of having (at " leaft in one produftion) generally pleafed the " world, to be plagued and threatened by " wretches that are low in every fenfe ; to be *' forced to drink himfelf into pains of the " body, in order to get rid of the pains... | |
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I can now excuse all his foibles ; impute them to age, and to distress of circumstances; the last of these considerations wrings my very soul to think on. For a man of high spirit, conscious of having, at least in one production, generally pleased the... 
