 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 Seiten
...extensive view •* — ' Survey mankind, from China to Peru. LOU i. * From ORTON'S Life of DoddrUge. There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, — Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. Line i„9. He left a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. Line 21i.... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 Seiten
...in Jobnson's life introduced a new reading into a familiar line in The Vanily of Human Wltlies— " what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the Jail." In the first edition garret was the word used. 2. Encumbers: cumber comes in the long run from Lat.... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1869 - 498 Seiten
...the modern and objectionable sense of the word. His friend was henceforth his evil genius. But see what ills the scholar's life assail — Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail, wrote Johnson. We have said that to the world, except to the very wise, the author lost his power;... | |
 | Paul Theroux - 1986 - 388 Seiten
...so cross about Lord Chesterfield's cold shoulder that he rewrote his imitation of Juvenal, Yet think what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the Patron, and the jail. Mr Whitaker is very good on the paradoxes of philanthropy, and on the numerous motives that impel the... | |
 | Kristina Straub - 1987 - 260 Seiten
...below him: Deign on the passing World to turn thine Eyes, And pause awhile from Letters to be wise; There mark what Ills the Scholar's Life assail, Toil, Envy, Want, the Patron, and the Jail. [VHW 157-60] In addition to these material "Ills," the scholar must also accept obscurity. Recognition... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 Seiten
...scholar his homeless despondency. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, poet, philosopher There mark what ills the scholar's life assail: Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the gaol. Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English author, lexicographer Of making many books there is no... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...Through all his veins the fever of renown Burns from the strong contagion of the gown; (1. 135-138) 18 ise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. (1. 17-20) 135 A perfect Woman, nobly planned, (1. 159-160) 19 He left the name, at which the worldgrew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. (1.... | |
 | Richard Jenkyns - 1992 - 526 Seiten
...experience: Deign on the passing World to turn thine Eyes, And pause awhile from Letters, to be wise; There mark what Ills the Scholar's Life assail, Toil, Envy, Want, the Patron, and the Jail. See Nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried Merit raise the tardy Bust. If Dreams yet flatter,... | |
 | David McKitterick - 1992 - 556 Seiten
...the world. Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.56 The difficulty for authors, whether at Cambridge or elsewhere, lay in discovering the requisite... | |
 | J. C. D. Clark - 1994 - 292 Seiten
...Johnson thanked him for 'your regard to learning'.15 In The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749), Johnson wrote: There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the garret, and the jaiL Attention has focused on the second line, where in the 1755 edition of the poem... | |
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Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. 
