 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 432 pages
...deeds, and language, such as men do use. And persons, such as comedy would chuse ; When she would shew an image of the times, And sport with human follies,...make them such, by loving still Our popular errors, as you'll all confess, By laughing at them, they deserve no tess : Which when you heartily do, there's... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 696 pages
...afear'd The gentlewomen ; nor rolled bullet heard To say, it thunders ; nor tempestuous drum Rumbles, render the moiety of her fortune in her possession....Mi-- Fain. She talked last night of endeavouring at a shew an image of the times, And sport with human follies, not with crimes; Except we make 'em such,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1811 - 690 pages
...afear'd The gentlewomen ; nor rolled bullet heard To say, it thunders ; nor tempestuous drum Rumbles, to tell you when the storm doth come; But deeds, and...persons, such as comedy would choose, When she would shew an image of the times, And sport with human follies, not with crimes; Except we make 'em such,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1811 - 698 pages
...afear'd The gentlewomen ; nor rolled bullet heard To say, it thunders ; nor tempestuous drum Rumbles, to tell you when the storm doth come) But deeds, and...persons, such as comedy would choose, When she would shew an image of the times, And sport with human follies, not with crimes; Except we make 'em such,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 780 pages
...afeard The gentlewomen ; nor roul'd bullet heard To say, it thunders; nor tempestuous drum Rumbles, to tell you when the storm doth come ; But deeds,...such as men do use, And persons, such as Comedy would chuse, VV hen she would shew an image of the times, And sport with human follies, not with crimes.'... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 538 pages
...afeard The gentlewomen ; nor roll'd bullet heard To say, it thunders ; nor tempestuous drum Rumbles, to tell you when the storm doth come ; But deeds,...persons, such as comedy would choose, When she would sheto an image of the times, And sport with human follies, not with crimes? * This Prologue, which... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 546 pages
...bullet heard To say, it thunders ; nor tempestuous drum Rumbles, to tell you when the storm doth com$ But deeds, and language, such as men do use/ And persons, such as comedy would choose, When she would shew an image of the times, And sport with human^foUies, not with primes.1 Prologue, which was probably... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 432 pages
...afeard The gentlewomen; nor rolled bullet heard To say, it thunders; nor tempestuous drum Rumbles, to tell you when the storm doth come; But deeds, and...such as men do use. And persons, such as comedy would chuse, * When she would shew an image of the times, And sport with human follies, not with crimes;... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - English literature - 1836 - 488 pages
...afeard The gentlewomen ; nor rolled bullet heard To say, it thunders ; nor tempestuous drum Rumbles, to tell you when the storm doth come ; But deeds,...make them such, by loving still Our popular errors, as you'll all confess, By laughing at them, they deserve no less : Which when you heartily do, there's... | |
 | Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 456 pages
...afeard The gentlewomen : nor rolled bullet heard, To say, it thunders : nor tempestuous drum Rumbles, to tell you when the storm doth come. But deeds and...persons such as Comedy would choose When she would shew an image of the times And sport with human follies, not with crimes. Except we make them such,... | |
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But deeds and language such as men do use, And persons such as Comedy would choose, When she would show an image of the times. And sport with human follies, not with crimes; Except we make 'em such, by loving still Our popular errors, when we know they're... 
