 | Samuel Johnson - 1890 - 474 דפים
...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 world, to...to get rid of the pains of the mind, is a misery." — He died July 19, 1742, and was buried at Wotton, near Henley on Arden. His distresses need not... | |
 | Cesare Lombroso - 1891 - 402 דפים
...shames to be beaten in drinking. Shcnstone said of his comrade in poetry, Somerville, that he was " forced to drink himself into pains of the body, in order to get rid of the pains of the mind." Madame de Stael and De Quincey abused opium ; the latter has left a vivid picture of his excesses in... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1893 - 616 דפים
...has preserved his feelings and his irresolutions. Rejecting on the death of Somerville, he writes, '* To be forced to drink himself into pains of the body,...a misery which I can well conceive, because I may, W'thout vanity, esteem myself his equal in point of economy, and consequently ought to have an eye... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1893 - 622 דפים
...feelings and his irresolutions. Reflecting on the death of Somerrillc, he write*, "To l»c forced lo drink himself into pains of the body, in order to get rid of the pain* of the mind, is A misery wliich I can well conceive, because 1 mav. w-thout vanity, esteem rmsclf... | |
 | John Dennis - 1896 - 276 דפים
...deplorable, for his friend Shenstone writes that he was plagued and threatened by low wretches, and ' forced to drink himself into pains of the body in order to get rid of the pains of the mind.' He died in 1742, the owner of a good estate, which, owing to a contempt for economy, he was never able... | |
 | Arthur Francis Leach - 1899 - 670 דפים
...age and to distress of circumstances. . . . For a man of high spirit, conscious of having (at least in one production) generally pleased the world, to...himself into pains of the body in order to get rid of pains of the mind, is a misery. The poet may have been more interesting than the poem. The Chase 1... | |
 | John Dennis - 1899 - 294 דפים
...deplorable, for his friend Shenstoue writes that he was plagued and threatened by low wretches, and ' forced to drink himself into pains of the body in order to get rid of the pains of the mind.' He died in 1742, the owner of a good estate, which, owing to a contempt for economy, he was never able... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1902 - 810 דפים
...man of high spirit, conscious of having (at least in one production) generally pleased the world,to be plagued and threatened by wretches that are low...to get rid of the pains of the mind, is a misery. — SHENSTOXE, WILLIAM, 1742, Letters, p. 318. Somerville was a handsome noisy squire, a strapping... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 456 דפים
...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 world, to...of the body in order to get rid of the pains of the mind3, is a misery4.' He died July 19, 1742 5, and was buried at Wotton, near Henley on Arden 6. 4... | |
 | John Dennis - 1906 - 286 דפים
...deplorable, for his friend Shenstone writes that he was plagued and threatened by low wretches, and ' forced to drink himself into pains of the body in order to get rid of the pains of the mind.' He died in 1742, the owner of a good estate, which, owing to a contempt for economy, he was never able... | |
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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... 
