 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 pages
...LANE, 1747. WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barbarous foes Firft rear'd the ftage, immortal Shakfpeare rofe ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew,...reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. His powerful ftrokes prefiding Truth imprefs'd, And unrcfifkd Paffion ftorm'd the breaft. Then Jonfon came,... | |
 | 1792 - 774 pages
...rofe ; Each fcene of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhauftrd worlds, and then imagin'd new ; Exiuence faw him fpurn her bounded reign. And panting Time toil'd after him in vain ! Of thii aftonifhing genius, who advanced the ftudies he cultivated fo far beyond the attaioments... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 570 pages
...not own ? When learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes Firft rear'd the ftage, immortal Shakfpeare rofe; . Each change of many-colour'd life he drew,...truth imprefs'd, And unrefifted paflion ftorm'd the brealt. Prologue at the opening of Drury-lane Theatre in 1747. By Dr. Samuel Johnfon. Upon Shakfpeare's... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 594 pages
...Firft rear'd the ftage, immortal Shakfpeare rofe ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new : Exiftence faw him...ftrokes prefiding truth imprefs'd, And unrefifted paffion ftorm'd the breaft. Prologue at the opening of Drury-lane Theatre in 1747. By Dr. Samuel Johnfon.... | |
 | Addison (pseud.) - 1795 - 616 pages
...her barbarous foes Firft rear'd the ftage, immortal Shakejpeare rofe ; Each change of many colour'd life he drew, Exhaufted worlds, and then imagin'd...reign, And panting time toil'd after him in vain. His powerful ftrokes prefiding truth imprefs'tf, And unrefifted paffion ftorm'd the breaft. Then Johnfon... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 pages
...The firft line may probably remind the reader of one in Jobnfon's fublime character of Shakfpeare : Exiftence faw him fpurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. That incomparable picture, however, was probably improved from another verfe in the 'fame poem, iii.... | |
 | Joseph Towers - 1796 - 464 pages
...her harb'rous foes Firft rear'd the ftage, immortal SHAKESPEARE rof$; Each change of many colour'd life he drew, Exhaufted worlds, and then imagin'd new ; Exiftence faw him fpum her bounded reign, And panting Time tpil'd after him in rain : His powerful ftrokes prefiding... | |
 | James Thomas Kirkman - 1799 - 510 pages
...her barbarous foes, Firft rear'd the ftage, immortal Shakfpeare rofe ; Each change of many-coloured life he drew, Exhaufted worlds, and then imagin'd...reign, And panting time toil'd after him in vain. His powerful ftrokes prefiding truth imprefs'd, And unrefifting paffion ftorm'd the breaft. Then Jonfon... | |
 | 1799 - 730 pages
...and foma portion of it with peculiar reference to the prefent poem : " Each change of many colour'd life he drew, Exhaufted worlds, and then imagin'd...reign, And panting time toil'd after him in vain." The regions of fairy-land, however, are not indebted for their exift•Bceto the imagination, wanton... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 422 pages
...Vv HEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes Firft rear'd the ftage, immortal Shakfpeare rofe j Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhaufted...ftrokes prefiding Truth imprefs'd, And unrefifted Paffion ftorm'd the breaft. Then Jonfon came, inftructed from the fchool, To pleafe in method, and... | |
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WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after... 
