 | London tales - 1858 - 262 Seiten
...present.' IMITATION OP THE STYLE OF * *. Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening greyStrike thy bosom, sage, and tell What is bliss, and which the way. Thus I spoke, and speaking sigh'd, Scarce repress'd the starting tear, When the hoary sage replied,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1859 - 618 Seiten
...on a modern antique has much caustic humor. We make no apology for transcribing it from Boswell. " Hermit hoar in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray, Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell What is life, and which the way ! " Thus I spoke, and speaking sighed, Scarce restrained the starting tear... | |
 | 1859 - 620 Seiten
...on a modern antique has much caustic humor. We make no apology for transcribing it from Boswell. " Hermit hoar in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray, Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell What is life, and which the way! " Thus I spoke, and speaking sighed, Scarce restrained the starting tear ;... | |
 | 1859 - 782 Seiten
...on a modern antique has much caustic humour. We make no apology for transcribing it from BoswelL ' Hermit hoar in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray. Smite thy Ьолого, sage, and tell What 18 life, and which the way ! ' Tims I »poke, and speaking sigh'd,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1860 - 526 Seiten
...beginning " Hermit hoar — " " ' Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray, Strike thy bosom, sage, and tell, What is bliss, and which the way? ' Thus I cpoke, and speaking, sighed, Scarce repressed ihe starting tear, When the hoary sage replied,... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 Seiten
...family, though he admitted that the people were not much attached to the present king. — Boswell, 546. Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening...sage, and tell What 'is bliss ? and which the way ?— T. Warton. To which Johnson added (1779)— Thus I spoke, and speaking sigh'd — Scarce repress'd... | |
 | A. P. A. - 1869 - 226 Seiten
...drily curl'd, Seem'd half within and half without, And full of dealings with the world." 64. " Hermit in solemn cell Wearing out life's evening gray ; Smite...sage, and tell What is bliss, and which the way." " Thus I spoke, and speaking sigh'd ; Scarce repress'd the starting tear, When the smiling replied,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 524 Seiten
...power IMITATION IN THE STYLE OF "HEBMIT hoar, in solemn cell Wearing out life's evening grey; Strike thy bosom sage, and tell What is bliss, and which the way."— Thus I spoke, and speaking sigh'd, Scarce repress'd the starting tear, When the hoary sage replied,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 Seiten
...life's evening gray." Gray evening is common enough ; but evening pray he'd think fine. Stay — we'll make out the stanza : " Hermit hoar, In solemn cell,...sage, and tell What is bliss, and which the way?"' BOBWELL: 'But why smite his bosom, sir?' JOHNSON : ' Why, to show he was in earnest ' (smiling).—... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 480 Seiten
...Stay—we'll make out the stanza :— ' Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening grey, Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell, What is bliss, and...BOSWELL : "But why smite his bosom, Sir ? "—JOHNSON (smiling): " Why, to show he was in earnest."—He afterwards added the following stanza :— " Thus... | |
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Hermit hoar in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray : Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell, What is bliss? and which the way?'" BOSWELL. " But why smite his bosom, Sir ?" JOHNSON. " Why to show he was in earnest... 
