 | Thomas Davies - 1818 - 262 pages
...choice, V The stage but echoes hack the publick voice ; > The d'ama's laws the drama's patrons give, I'm' we that live to please, must please to live. Then...decry, As 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 chace the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 368 pages
...new-blown bubbles of the day. Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons...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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pages
...new-blown bubbles of the day. Ah! let not Censure term our fate our choice, 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. . Hunt, a famous boxer on the stage; Mahomet, a rope-dancer, who had exhibited at CoventGarden theatre... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 320 pages
...new blown bubbles of the day. Ah! let not censure term our fate our choice: The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws the drama's patrons...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... | |
 | 1822 - 292 pages
...new blown bubbles of the day. Ah! let not censure term our fate our choice: 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 436 pages
...term our fate our choice, 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...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 366 pages
...new-blown bubbles of the day. Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons...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 ; [Show, To... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1824 - 144 pages
...of the day. Ah! let not censure term our fate our choice,— The stage but echoes back the publick voice ; The Drama's laws the Drama's patrons give,...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 426 pages
...bubbles of the day. Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the publick voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give,...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... | |
 | Richard Ryan - 1830 - 348 pages
...new-blown bubbles of the day. Ah ! let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons...decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; * Hunt, a famous boxer on the stage, t Mahomet, a rope dancer, who had exhibited at Covent Garden... | |
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Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, 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. 
