 Th' oblivious grave's inviolable shade. Let one great payment every claim appease, And him who cannot hurt, allow to please ; To please by scenes, unconscious of offence, By harmless merriment, or useful sense. Where aught of bright or fair the piece...  Annual Register of World Events - Page 1991805Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...inviolable shade. Let erne great payment ev'ry claim appease, And him who cannot hurt, allow to please ; To please by scenes unconscious of offence, By harmless...cannot hear. By all like him must praise and blame be found, At best a fleeting dream, or empty sound. Yet then shall calm reflection bless the night When... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 328 pages
...inviolable shade. Let one great payment ev'ry claim appease, And him, who cannot hurt, allow to please ; To please by scenes unconscious of offence, By harmless...cannot hear. By all like him must praise and blame be found, At best a fleeting gleam, or empty sound. * Performed at Covent-Garden theatre in 1777, for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 350 pages
...inviolable shade. Let one great payment ev'ry claim appease, And him, who cannot hurt, allow to please ; To please by scenes unconscious of offence, By harmless...of care appear, Forbear to hiss— the poet cannot bear. By all like him must praise and blame be found, At best a fleeting gleam, or empty sound. * Performed... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 526 pages
...shade. " Let one great payment every claim appease, " And him who cannot hurt, allow to please ; " To please by scenes, unconscious of offence, " By...appear, " Forbear to hiss ; — the poet cannot hear. " But allv like him, must praise and blame be found, " At last, a fleeting gleam, or empty sound ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...inviolable shade. Let one great payment ev'ry claim appease* And him, who cannot hurt, allow to please } To please by scenes unconscious of offence, By harmless...useful sense. Where aught of bright or fair the piece displaysi Approve it only.....'tis too late to praise. * Performed at Covent Garden theatre, in 177",... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...shade. Let one great payment every claim appease. And him, who cannot hurt, allow to please ; To pleuse by scenes unconscious of offence, By harmless merriment,...cannot hear. By all like him must praise and blame be found, At best a fleeting gleam, or empty sound. Yet then shall calm reflection bless the night. When... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...appease, And him, who cannot hurt, allow to please ; To please by scenes unconscious of offence, liy harmless merriment, or useful sense. Where aught of...cannot hear. By all like him must praise and blame be found, At best a fleeting gleam, or empty sound. Yet then shall calm reflection bless the night. When... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 202 pages
...inviolable shade. Let one great payment every claim appease ; And him who cannot hurt, allow to please ; To please by scenes unconscious of offence, By harmless...cannot hear ! By all like him must praise and blame be found, At best a fleeting gleam, or empty sound. Yet then shall calm reflection bless the night, When... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - English fiction - 1811 - 250 pages
...inviolable shade. Let one great payment every claim appeftSe, And him who cannot hurt, allow to please ; To please by scenes unconscious of offence, By harmless...displays, Approve it only — 'tis too late to praise ! « Performed at\. . -<:nt-Garden Theatre for the benefit of Mrs. Kelly, widow of Hugh Kelly, Esq.... | |
 | James Plumptre - English drama - 1812 - 552 pages
...inviolable shade. Let one great payment ev'ry claim appease, And him, who cannot hurt, allow to please; To please by scenes unconscious of offence, By harmless...cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At best a fleeting gleam, or empty sound. Yet then shall calm reflection bless the night, When... | |
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