 | John Carrington - 2003 - 344 Seiten
...ambition: Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron and the jail. In the first edition the word "patron" had been "gibbet". Johnson made the alteration feelingly. Years... | |
 | Edward Leeson - 2004 - 728 Seiten
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 | Steven N. Zwicker - 2004 - 322 Seiten
...(Chicago, 1989), pp. 111-13. 196 COURTING AND COMPLYING WITH DANGER II JOHN BARNARD Dryden and patronage There mark what Ills the Scholar's Life assail, Toil, Envy, Want, the Patron, and the Jail.' Dr. Johnson's scornful equation of imprisonment and dependence on a patron ("Commonly a wretch who... | |
 | John Drinkwater - 2005 - 520 Seiten
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Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. 
