 The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; 'Tis yours, this night,...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Pàgina 1391819Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 pàgines
...live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, • As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; Tis yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued nature and reviving sense ; To chase the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary woe ; Bid scenick virtue... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 pàgines
...please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die; 'Tis Yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature and reviving Sense ; To chase the charms of Sound, the pomp of Show, For useful Mirth and salutary Woe ; Bid scenic Virtue... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pàgines
...— to lire. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; Tis yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued nature and reviving sense ; To chase the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary woe ; Bid scenic virtue... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pàgines
...please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; Tis yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued nature and reviving sense ; To chase the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary woe ; Bid scenick virtue... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 pàgines
...; Tis yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued nature and reviving sense ; To chase the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary woe ; Bid scenick virtue form the rising age, And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage. 1 Hunt, a famous... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 pàgines
...; Tis yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued nature and reviving sense ; To chase the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary woe ; Bid scenick virtue form the rising age, And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage. ' Hunt, a famous... | |
 | Richard Ryan - 1830 - 348 pàgines
...dancer, who had exhibited at Covent Garden Theatre the winter before ;— said to be a Turk. Tis your's, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature and reviving Sense ; To chase the charms of Sound, the pomp of Show, For useful Mirth and salutary Woe ; Bid scenic Virtue... | |
 | Richard Ryan - 1825 - 526 pàgines
...dancer, who bad exhibited at Cerent Garden Theatre the winter before;— said to be a Turk. Tis your's, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature and reviving Sense ; To chase the charms of Sound, the pomp of Show, For useful Mirth and salutary Woe ; Bid scenic Virtue... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 pàgines
...live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; 'Tie yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature and reviving Sense; [Shnw To chase the charms of Sound, the pomp (.1 For useful Mirth, and salutary Wo ; Bid scenic Virtue... | |
 | 1826 - 562 pàgines
...splendid scenery and costly decorations have obtained over good writing and good acting— " To chase the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary woe." Having said thus much, we shall briefly state our opinion of the drama as it now is, and without any... | |
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