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The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.: With an Account of the Author ... - Page 109
by Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 140 pages
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 pages
...nature call'd for aid, And hov'ring death prepar'd the blow, His vig'rous remedy display'd The pow'r of art without the show. In misery's darkest cavern...useful care was ever nigh, Where hopeless anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely want retir'd to die. No summons mock'd by chill delay, No petty gain disdain'd...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...fainting nature call'd for aid, And hovering death prepar'd the blow, His vigorous remedy display 'd The power of art without the show. In misery's darkest...useful care was ever nigh, Where hopeless anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely want retir'd to die. No summons rnock'd by chill delay, No petty gain...
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Works, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...nature call'd for aid, And hov'ring death prepar'd the blow, His vig'rous remedy display'd The pow'r of art without the show. In misery's darkest cavern...useful care was ever nigh, Where hopeless anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely want retir'd to die. No summons mock'd by chill delay, No petty gain disdain'd...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 1

Enos Bronson - 1809 - 494 pages
...displayed The power of art, -without the show. V. In misery's darkest caverns known, His ready help was ever nigh, Where hopeless anguish poured his groan. And lonely want retired to die. VI. No summons mocked by chill delay ; No petty gains disdained by pride ; The modest wants of every...
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Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith ...

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pages
...nature call'd for aid, And hov'ring death prepar'd the blow, His vig'rous remedy clisplay'd The pow'r of art without the show. In misery's darkest cavern...useful care was ever nigh, Where hopeless anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely want retir'd to die. No summons mock'd hy chill delay, No putty gain disdain'd...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 16

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pages
...nature call'd for aid, And hov'ring death preparM the blow, His vig'rous n medy display'd The pow'r of art without the show. In misery's darkest cavern known, His useful care was ever nigh, [Vhere hopeless anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely want retir'd to die, «o summons mock'd by chill...
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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...fainting nature call'd for aid, And hovering death prepar'd the blow, His vigorous remedy display'd The power of art without the show. In misery's darkest...useful care was ever nigh, Where hopeless anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely want retir'd to die. No summons mock'd by chill'd delay, No petty gain...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson: Collated with the Best Editions

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 202 pages
...fainting Nature call'd for aid, And hovering Death prepaid the blow, His vigorous remedy display'd The power of art without the show. In misery's darkest...useful care was ever nigh, Where hopeless anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely want retir'd to die. No summons mock'd by chill delay, No petty gain disdain'd...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His Works

Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pages
...sincere, Of ev'ry friendless narte the ftietid. " When fainting Nature called for aid, •< " In Mis'ry's darkest cavern known, His useful care was ever nigh ; Where hopeless Anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely Want retired to die. The successive losses of those friends, whom kindness...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 368 pages
...fainting nature calPd for aid, And hov'ring death prepar'd the blow, His vig'rous remedy display'd The power of art without the show. In misery's darkest...useful care was ever nigh, Where hopeless anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely want retir'd to die. No summons mock'd by chill delay, No petty gain disdain'd...
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