 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 538 pages
...it for the world.' "— FIOZZI.] PROLOGUE WRITTEN BY DR. JOHNSON ; StHikcn by Mr. Benttey.W PRESS'D by the load of life, the weary mind Surveys the general toil of human kind ; AVith cool submission joins the lab'ring train, And social sorrow loses half its pain : (c) Our anxious... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 582 pages
...feelings. Who could suppose it was to introduce a comedy when Mr. Bensley solemnly began ' Press*d by the load of life, the weary mind Surveys the general toil of human kind.1 But this dark ground might make Goldsmith's humour shine the more." — BOSWELL, vol. iii.p.35.]... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pages
...sufficient passport to his protection. PROLOGUE WRITTEN BY DR. JOHNSON, AND . SPOKEN BY MR. BENSLEY. PUEST , where nothing reaches the heart. Marlow. It'ua kindj With cool submission joins the lab'ring train, And social sorrow loses half its pain ; Our anxious... | |
 | American periodicals - 1874 - 990 pages
...which he meant to be light reading. He begins the prologue to a comedy with the words : Pressed with the load of life, the weary mind Surveys the general toil of human kind. In the Life of Savage he makes the common remark that the lives of many of the greatest teachers oí... | |
 | James Boswell - Biography - 1846 - 602 pages
...these sweet people have done. The sight of such a family consoles one's heart."— ED.] " Press'd with the load of life, the weary mind Surveys the general toil of human kind ?" But this dark ground might make Goldsmith's humour shine the more ]. In the spring of this year,... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pages
...stage lover of portentous delivery, seems to have thrown into the opening of Johnson's prologue, Prest by the load of life, the weary mind Surveys the general toil of human kind, a ponderous gloom, which, at the outset, dashed the spirits of the audience. Nor did Mr. Powell's Honeywood... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...stage lover of portentous delivery, seems to have thrown into the opening of Johnson's prologue, Prest by the load of life, the weary mind Surveys the general toil of human kind, a ponderous gloom, which, at the outset, dashed the spirits of the audience. Nor did Mr. Powell's Honeywood... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 744 pages
...stage lover of portentous delivery, seems to have thrown into the opening of Johnson's prologue, Prest by the load of life, the weary mind Surveys the general toil of human kind, a ponderous gloom, which, at the outset, dashed the spirits of the audience. Nor did Mr. Powell's Honeywood... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1850 - 558 pages
...it for the world.' " — PIOZzI.] PROLOGUE WRITTEN BY DR. JOHNSON; Spoken by Mr. Berisley* PRESS'D by the load of life, the weary mind Surveys the general...lab'ring train, And social sorrow loses half its pain :f Our anxious bard, without complaint, may share This bustling season's epidemic care, Like Caesar's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 524 pages
...lessee of Covent Garden Theatre. PROLOGUE, Written by Dr. Johnson, spoken by Mr. Benstey.1 PHESS'D by the load of life, the weary mind Surveys the general...toil of human kind ; * With cool submission joins the laboring train, And social sorrow loses half its pain : ' Our anxious bard, without complaint, may... | |
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With cool submission joins the labouring train, And social sorrow loses half its pain : Our anxious Bard, without complaint, may share This bustling season's epidemic care, Like... 
