 Then, crush'd by rules, and weaken'd as refin'd, For years the pow'r of tragedy declin'd; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Página 197por John Hawkins - 1787 - 605 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 páginas
...virtue call'd oblivion to her aid. Then, crush'd by rules, and weaken'd, as refin'd, For years the pow'r of tragedy declin'd ; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till declamation roar'dj_while.4>as.sio£_slep^j Yet still did virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd,... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 páginas
...Virtue call'd Oblivion to her aid. Then, crush'd by rules, and weaken'd as refin'd, For years the pow'r of Tragedy declin'd ; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept ; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd, though Nature... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 páginas
...Virtue call'd Oblivion to her aid. Then, crush 'd by rules, and weaken'd as rcfin'd, For years the pow'r of Tragedy declin'd^ ' From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept ; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remaii^'d, though... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 páginas
...betray 'd, And Virtue call'd Oblivion to her aid. "Then, crush'd by rules, and wcaken'd as refin'd, For years the poVr of Tragedy declin'd ; From bard...the frigid caution crept, Till declamation roar'd whilst passion slept ; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Kature... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 páginas
...Virtue call'd Oblivion to her aid. Then, crush'd by rules , and wcaken'd as refin'd, For years the pow'r of Tragedy declin'd; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept: Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Pbilosophy remain'd, though Nature... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 578 páginas
...Virtue call'd Oblivion to her aid. "Then, crush'd by rules, and weaken'd as refin'd, For years the pow*r of Tragedy declin'd ; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till declamation roar*d whilst passion slept ; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Nature... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 1334 páginas
...virtue call'd oblivion to her aid. Then crush'd by rules, and weaken'd as refin'd, For years the pow'r of Tragedy declin'd; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till declamation roar'd whilst passion slept; Yet still did virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd tho' nature... | |
 | George Henry Nettleton - 1914 - 396 páginas
...drama down toward his own day: Then crush'd by Rules, and weaken'd as refin'd, For Years the Pow'r of Tragedy declin'd; From Bard, to Bard, the frigid Caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd, while Passion slept. Though declamation did not roar with Garrick, passion slept with Irene. In 1750,... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 852 páginas
...Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the state to tread, Philosophy shore is this? The gulf, the rock of Salamis! These scenes, their story not un • 35 She saw great Faustus1 lay the ghost of Wit; Exulting Folly hail'd the joyful day, And Pantomime... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - 1923 - 528 páginas
...call'd Oblivion to her aid. Then, crush 'd by rules, and weaken 'd as refin'd, For years the power of Tragedy declin'd : From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd, while Passion slept ; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd, though Nature... | |
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