 | William Thomas Fernie - 1913 - 442 páginas
...— " That tongue which set the table in a roar, And charm'd the public ear is heard no more ; Closed are those eyes, the harbingers of wit, Which spoke,...Shakespeare writ ; Cold are those hands which, living, were stretched forth At friendship's call to succour modest worth. Here is James Quin ! Deign, reader, to... | |
 | John Francis Meehan - 1913 - 52 páginas
...him the well-known epitaph, commencing : — " That tongue which set the table in a roar, And charmed the public ear, is heard no more, Clos'd are those...the harbingers of wit, Which spoke before the tongue which Shakespeare writ." And lastly, Bishop Warburton, who married Allen's niece, Miss Tucker, and... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1917 - 440 páginas
...upon the lighter lyre. There is a touch of genuine pathos in his clever epitaph on Quin the actor : " That tongue which set the table on a roar, And charm'd...Shakespeare writ ; Cold are those hands, which, living, were stretched forth At friendship's call to succour modest worth. Here lies James Quin ! deign reader to... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1924 - 440 páginas
...upon the lighter lyre. There is a touch of genuine pathos in his clever epitaph on Quin the actor : " That tongue which set the table on a roar, And charm'd...Shakespeare writ ; Cold are those hands, which, living, were stretched forth At friendship's call to succour modest worth. Here lies James Quin ! deign reader to... | |
 | Thomas Davies - 1969 - 836 páginas
...on a monument in the Abbey-church at Bath. That tongue, which set the table on a roar, And charm' d the public ear, is heard no more. Clos'd are those...spoke, before the tongue, what Shakespeare writ, Cold is that hand, which living, was strctch'd forth, At friendship's call, to succour modest worth. Here... | |
 | 1869 - 762 páginas
...inscribed the following elegant lines from the pen of David Garrick — "That tongue which set the table in a roar, And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more:...Clos'd are those eyes the harbingers of wit, Which spake before the tongue what Shakespeare writ ! Cold is that hand, which living was stretch'd forth,... | |
 | 1766 - 758 páginas
...repeal. EPITAPH c* Mr, <±VI N. Writttt bj Mr. GAB RICK. (Stef. no,) THAT tongue, which let the cable on a roar, And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more! Clos'd are thofe tyei, the harbingers of wit, Which fpoke, before Che tongue, whit Shafeefpeare Wilt. [ftretch'd... | |
 | 1900 - 730 páginas
...most interesting tablet to me was one bearing the head of Quin, the actor, and a stanza by Garrick: "That tongue which set the table on a roar, And charm'd the public ear la heard no more; Clos'd are those eyes, the harbingers of wit, Which spoke before the tongue what... | |
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That tongue which set the table on a roar, And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more ! Clos'd are those eyes, the harbingers of wit Which spoke, before the tongue, what Shakespeare writ ; Cold are those hands, which, living, were stretched forth At... 
