 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, to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature and...  English Lands, Letters and Kings ... - Page 96by Donald Grant Mitchell - 1904Full view - About this book
 | Actors - 1766 - 128 pages
...night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued nature and reviving sense ; To chace the charms of sonnd, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary woe...age, And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage." Notwithstanding so formidable a company were united at Drury lane, under Mr. Garrick's banner, Quin... | |
 | Biography - 1803 - 598 pages
..." To chase the charms of sound, the pomps of show, " For useful mirth and salutary woe: " Bid senic virtue form the rising age, " And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage." * A modern author, describing the present state of the theatres, has given the following severe but... | |
 | 1803 - 614 pages
...To chase the charms of sound, the pomps of show, " For useful mirth and salutary woe : " Bid senic virtue form the rising age, *' And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage." * A modern author, describing the present state of the theatres, has given the following severe but... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; Tis yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescu'd nature, and reviving sense ; To chase the charms of...age, And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage. * A famous stage boxer. t A rope dancer. PROLOGUE SPOKEN BY MR. GARRICK BEFORE THE MASQUE OF COMUS.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 328 pages
...Convent-Garden Theatre the winter before, said to be a Turk. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; 'Tis...age, And Truth diffuse her radiance from the stage. J>3 IRENE; A TRAGEDY. PERSONS OF THE DRAMA. MEN. MAHOMET, Emperor of the Turks, Mr BARRT. CALI BASSA,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...reviving Sense ; To chase the charms of Sound, the pomp of Show, For useful Mirth and salutary Wo ; Bid scenic virtue form the rising age, And Truth diffuse her radiance from the stage. IRENE; A TRAGEDY. PROLOGUE. 1 E glitt'ring train, whom lace and velvet bless, Suspend the soft solicitudes... | |
 | James Plumptre - Theater - 1809 - 318 pages
...reviving Sense; To chase the charms of Sound, the pomp of Show, For useful Mirth and_ salutary Woe; Bill scenic Virtue form the rising age, And Truth diffuse her radiance from the Stage. DR. GREGORY, in his excellent Work, A Father's Legacy to his Dntighterz, in the chapter on Amusements,... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...sense ; To chase the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary woe ; Bid scenid virtue form the rising age, And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage. OLIVER GOLDSMITH. THE TRAVELLER; or, A PROSPECT OP SOCIETY. REMOTE, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...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...age, And Truth diffuse her radiance from the stage. IRENE; A TRAGEDY. PROLOGUE. YE glitt'ring train, whom lace and velvet Suspend the soft solicitudes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 206 pages
...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...age, And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage. SPOKEN BY CARR1CK, APRIL 5, 1750, .BEFORE THE MASQUE OF COMUS, Acted atDrury-Lane Theatre, for the... | |
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