 Whom have I to complain of but myself? Who this high gift of strength committed to me, In what part lodg'd, how easily bereft me, Under the seal of silence could not keep, But weakly to a woman must reveal it, O'ercome with importunity and tears.  The Rambler, by S. Johnson - Page 2201806Full view - About this book
 | 1785 - 596 pages
...bereft me, Under the feat of iilence could not keep, But weakly to a woman muit reveal it. His foliloquy is interrupted by a chorus or company of men of his own tribe, who condole his miferies, extenuate his fault, and conclude with a folemn vindication of Divine jultice. So that at... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 460 pages
...bereft me, Under the feat of filence could not keep, But weakly to a woman muft reveal it. His foliloquy is interrupted by a chorus or company of men of his own tribe, who condole his miferies, extenuate his fault, and conclude with a folemn vindication of divine juftice. So that at... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...this high gift of strength committed to me, In what part lodg'd, how easily bereft me, Under the seal of silence could not keep, But weakly to a woman must reveal it, 59 O'ercome with importunity and tears. O impotence of mind, in body strong ! But what is strength... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 458 pages
...me, Under the feat of filence could not keep, But weakly to- a woman muft reveal it. His foliloquy is interrupted by a chorus or company of men of his own tribe, who condole his miferies, extenuate his fault, and conclude with a folemn vindication of divine juftice. So that at... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 458 pages
...bereft me, Under the feat of filence could not keep, But weakly to a woman muft reveal it. His foliloqm is interrupted by a chorus or company of men of his own tribe, who condole his miferies, extenuate his fault, and conclude with a folemn vindication of divine juftice. So that at... | |
 | 1801 - 344 pages
...me, Under the feat of filence could not keep, . But weakly to a woman muft reveal it. His foliloquy is interrupted by a chorus or company of men of his own tribe, who condole his m.lcries, extenuate his fault, and conclude with a foiemn vindication of divine juftice. So that at... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 296 pages
...have 1 to complain of but myself? Who this high gift of strength committed to me, In what part lodg'd, how easily bereft me, Under the seat of silence could...that at the conclusion of the first act, there is no design laid, no discovery made, nor any disposition formed, towards the subsequent event. In the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 424 pages
...In nhat part lodgVl, how easily bcrri't me, t'nder the seat of silence' could not keep, lint weukly to a woman must reveal it. His soliloquy is interrupted by a chorus or company of men of his own trii'., who condole his miseries, extenuate his fault, and conclude with a solemn vindication of divine... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 334 pages
...I to complain of but myself? Who this high gift of strength, committed to me, In what part lodg'd, how easily bereft me, Under the seat of silence could...So that at the conclusion of the first act there is no design laid, no discovery made, nor any disposition formed towards the subsequent event.J In the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 310 pages
...1 to complain of but myself? Who this high gift of strength, committed to me, In what part lodg'd, how easily bereft me, Under the seat of silence could not keep, But weakly to a woman must reveal it. Twice by an angel.' In the second act, Manoah, the father of Samson, comes to seek his son, and, being... | |
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