...— we'll make out the stanza: ' Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray : Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell, What is bliss ? and which the way ?' " BOSWELL. " But why smite his bosom, sir ?" JOHNSON. " Why to show he was in earnest," (smiling)....

...extempore, of the very grave and serious writer alluded to : — " Hermit hoar in solemn cell, Wasting out life's evening grey; Strike thy bosom sage, and...sighed, Scarce repressed the starting tear, When the hermit thus replied EXAMINATION OF MASTERS. 369 MATES. Board of Trade, April 16th, 1846. We were prevented...

...Where is bliss, and which the way ? Thus I spoke, and frequent sighed, Scarce repress'd the falling tear, When the hoary sage replied, ' Come my lad, and drink some beer.' Another instance of the same playful humour in the great moralist, when he thought proper to unbend,...

...imitate such a one, naming him : — " Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray ; Strike thy bosom, sage ! and tell, What is bliss, and which the way? " Thus I spoke, and speaking sigh'd, — Scarce repress'd the starting tear, — When the hoary Sage replied, Come, my lad, and...

...— we'll make out the stanza: ' Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray : Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell, What is bliss ? and which the way ? ' " BOSWELL. "But why smite his bosom, Sir ? " JOHNSON. " Why to show he was in earnest " (smiling)....

...simplicity of the original. — C. " Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray ; Strike thy bosom, Sage ! and tell, What is bliss, and which the way ? " Thus I spoke, and speaking sigh'd, — Scarce repress'd the starting tear, — When the hoary Sage replied, Come, my lad, and...

...Where is bliss, and which the way. Thus I spoke, and frequent sighed, Scarce suppressed the falling tear, When the hoary sage replied, ' Come my lad, and drink some beer." " As contrast is not so extensive as a suggesting principle as resemblance, and as the sentiment of...

...Where is bliss, and which the way ? " Thus he spake, and speaking sighed, Scarce repressed the stealing tear, When the hoary sage replied, " Come, my lad, and drink some beer." ll'iinlx by Dr. Juhnson. 1'osthumous Collection. (Novello.) ROUND,/or 3 Voices.— HILTON. HEY down...

...to imitate such a one, naming him:— "Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray; Strike thy bosom, Sage! and tell, What is bliss, and which the way) " Thus I spoke, and speaking sigh'd, — Scarce repress'd the starting tear, — When the hoary Sage replied, Come, my lad, and...

...imitate such a one, naming him: — "Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray; Strike thy bosom, Sage! and tell, What is bliss, and which the way? " Thus I spoke, and speaking sigh'd, — Scarce repress'd the starling tear, — When the hoary Sage replied, Come, my lad, and...