...lengthened, and one who has gladdened life; with Dr. James, whose skill in physio will be long remembered; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified...that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of na. tions, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.' — Life O/~EDMUSD SMITH. SUPPLEMENTAL...

...lengthened, and one who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified...of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man II am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished...

...lengthened, and one who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified...impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." In these families he passed much time in his early years. In most of them, he was in the company of ladies,...

...Garrick, and in death embalmed his memory in a sentence which can only die with the English language : " I am disappointed by that stroke of death, which has...impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure." Will it be believed that puny critics have been found to quarrel with this colossal compliment on the...

...has gladdened life ; — with Dr James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; with DAVIJ> GARRICK, whom I hoped to have gratified with this...But what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by the stroke of death, which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of...

...dear Davy.' Upon the monument to Garrick at Lichfield is inscribed Johnson's characteristic remark : ' I am disappointed by that stroke of death, which has...impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.' Here, beneath the statue in Poets' Corner, is an inscription by Pratt (substituted for one prepared...

...style is heard in Johnson's lamentation upon the death of Garrick: But what are the hopes of man! l am disappointed by that stroke of death, which has...impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure. The rhythm of this is self-consciously elaborated (Johnson has indeed been accused of preferring euphony...

...politicians such as Burke and Fox. Dr Johnson, Garrick's old tutor and friend, declared at the service, 'I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has...impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.' A NEW SESSIONS HOUSE AT CLERKENWELL Tlie handsome building now occupied by the Freemasons which stands...

...lengthened and one who has gladdened life; with Dr. James, whose skill in physick will be long remembered; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified...eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the publick stock of harmless pleasure." See "Edmund Smith," in Lives of the English Poets, ed. GB Hill...

...performances as an afterpiece at Drury Lane." Garrick died in 1779, provoking Johnson's famous tribute 'I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has...impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.' He was buried in Westminster Abbey at the foot of Shakespeare's statue in what was virtually a state...