 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1036 páginas
...they roll'd along. Ha;-py in art, he chiefly had pretence To keep up numbers, yel not forfeit ftnfe, No actor ever greater heights could reach In all the labour'd artifice of ipeech. Speech ! Is that all ? — And fhall an aclor found An univerfcl fame on partial ground ? Parrots... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 542 páginas
...thee there. His words bore fterling weight, nervous and ftrong In manly tides of fenfe they roll'd along. Happy in art, he chiefly had pretence To keep up numbers, yet not forfeit fenfe. No actor ever greater heights could reach In all the labour'd artifice of fpeech. Speech ! Is... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 páginas
...tides of sense they roll'd along, [strong Happy in art, he chiefly had pretence ' To ketp up nupibcrs, which mocks at fortune's ix>w'r, And wisdom never sad -nor sour : In these labor d artifice of speech. Speech! isthatall? — And shall an actor found Au universal fame on partial... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 páginas
...thee there. His words bore sterling weight, nervous and strong In manly tides of sense they roll'd along. Happy in art, he chiefly had pretence To keep...actor ever greater heights could reach In all the lahuurM artifice of speech. Speech ! Is that all ? — And shall an actor fouii' An universal fame... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 páginas
...thee there. His words bore sterling weight, nervous and strong, In manly tides of sense they roll'd along, Happy in art, he chiefly had pretence To keep up numbers, yet not forfeit sense. No actor ever grea'er heights could reach In, all the labour'd artifice of speech. Speech '. Is that all ? — And... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 páginas
...sterling weight, nervous and strong In manly tides of sense they nK'd along. Happy in art, he ctiictly the mere genealogy, or the personal adventures of heathen gods, ruiil grra'cr heights could reach In all Ihe labmii'd artifice of speech. Speech ! Is that all ? — Anil... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 páginas
...thee there. His words bore sterling weight, nervous and strong In manly tides of sense they roll'd along. Happy in art, he chiefly had pretence To keep...labour'd artifice of speech. : Speech ! Is that all ? — And shall an actor found An universal fame on partial ground ? Parrots themselves speak properly... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 páginas
...thee there. His words bore sterling weight, nervous and strong In manly tides of sense they roll'd along. Happy in art, he chiefly had pretence To keep...could reach In all the labour'd artifice of speech. I laugh at those, who, when the stage they tread, Neglect the heart, to compliment the head ; With... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 412 páginas
...thee there. His words bore sterling weight, nervous and strong, In manly tides of sense they roll'd along. Happy in art, he chiefly had pretence To keep...labour'd artifice of speech. Speech ! Is that all ? — And shall an actor found An universal fame on partial ground ? Parrots themselves speak properly... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 páginas
...thee there. His words bore sterling weight: nervous and strong, In manly tides of sense they roll'd along: Happy in art, he chiefly had pretence To keep up numbers, yet not forfeit sense; vears the uurivaled representative of the humorous knight, no one having approached his excellence... | |
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Though we deny imaginary grace, Founded on accidents of time and place ; Yet real worth of ev'ry growth shall bear Due praise, nor must we, Quin, forget thee there. His words bore sterling weight, nervous and strong In manly tides of sense they roll'd... 
