 O'er Bodley's dome his future labours spread, And Bacon's mansion trembles o'er his head. Are these thy views? proceed, illustrious youth, And virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth! Yet should thy soul indulge the...  Dr. Johnson, His Friends and His Critics - Page 6by George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1878 - 345 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...allied ? What but their wish indulged in courts to shine And power too great to keep or to resign ? ay after day we think what she is doing In those bright realms of air; Year after year, her Resistless burns the fever of renown, Caught from the strong contagion of the gown ; O'er Bodley's... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 326 pages
...his name. The young enthusiast quits his ease for fame ; Resistless burns the fever of renown, Caught from the strong contagion of the gown : O'er Bodley's...spread, And Bacon's mansion trembles o'er his head. ' Are these thy views? Proceed, illustrious youth, And Virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth ! Yet... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 498 pages
...his name, The young enthusiast quits his ease for fame ; Resistless burns the fever of renown, Caught from the strong contagion of the gown : O'er Bodley's...labours spread, And Bacon's mansion trembles o'er his head.1 Are these thy views ? Proceed, illustrious youth, And Virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 pages
...shine. And pow'r too great to keep, or to resign ': When first the college rolls receive his пзт<\ The young enthusiast quits his ease for fame ; Through all his veins the fever of renown Spreads from the strong contagion of the frown : O'er Bodley's dome his future 1а1юигз spread.... | |
 | English poetry - 1883 - 338 pages
...his name, The young enthusiast quits his ease for fame; Resistless burns the fever of renown Caught from the strong contagion of the gown; O'er Bodley's dome his future labours spread, 5 And Bacon's mansion trembles o'er his head. Are these thy views ? proceed, illustrious youth ; And... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 626 pages
...of his handwriting. The passage in the first, and in some other editions, stands as follows :— " When first the college rolls receive his name, The young enthusiast quits his ease for fame : Resistless burns the fever of renown, Caught from the strong contagion of the gown ; O'er Bodley's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 658 pages
...of his handwriting. The passage in the first, and in some other editions, stands as follows : — " When first the college rolls receive his name, The young enthusiast quits his ease for fame : Resistless burns the fever of renown, Caught from the strong contagion of the gown ; O'er Bodley's... | |
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 pages
...description of the young Enthusiast at College : — ' Through all his veins the fever of renown, Spreads from the strong contagion of the gown ; O'er Bodley's...labours spread, And Bacon's mansion trembles o'er his head3.' ' ' All unnecessary vows are folly, ' Where honour or where conscience because they suppose... | |
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 pages
...description of the young Enthusiast at College :— ' Through all his veins the fever of renown, Spreads from the strong contagion of the gown ; O'er Bodley's...labours spread, And Bacon's mansion trembles o'er his head3.' ' ' All unnecessary vows are folly, because they suppose a prescience of the future which has... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 216 pages
...hairs; le cheval volant, the Pegasus.' 1. 34. contagion of his confidence. 'When first the college-rolls receive his name, The young enthusiast quits his ease...for fame; Through all his veins the fever of renown Spreads from the strong contagion of the gown.' Johnson, The Vanity of Human Wishes, 1. 135. See ante,... | |
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