 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 oldal
...Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Nature fled. But forc'd, at length, her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of wit ; Exulting Folly hail'd the joyous day, And pantomime and song confirm'd her sway. But who the coming changes can presage,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 oldal
...Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd, though Nature fled. But forc'd, at length, her ancient reign to quit. She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of Wit ; Exulting Folly hail'd the joyful day, And Pantomime and Song confirm'd her sway. But who the coming changes can presage,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 oldal
...Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd, though Nature fled. But forc'd, at length, her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of wit ; Exulting Folly hail'd the joyful day, And Pantomime and Song confirm'd her sway. But who the coming changes can presage,... | |
 | 1811 - 530 oldal
...tragedy its influence over the taste of Europe, till at last it entirely corrupted it. But forc'd, at length, her ancient reign to quit. She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of wit; Exulting Folly hail'd the joyous day, And pantomime and song confirm'd her sway.* Quinault, though severely satirized... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 202 oldal
...Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd, 'though Nature fled. But forc'd, at length, her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of wit ; Exulting folly hail'd the joyous day, And pantomime and song confirm' d her sway. But who the coming changes can presage,... | |
 | 1812 - 318 oldal
...Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remaio'd though Nature fled. But forc'd, at length, her ancient reign to quit. She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of wit; Exulting Folly hail'd the joyous day, And pantomime and song confirm'd her sway. Here this elegant and spirited review... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 154 oldal
...declined; From bard to bard tfye frigid caution crept, ' Till declamation roared, whilst passion slept} Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy...fled! But forced, at length, her ancient reign to qyify She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of wit; Exulting Folly hailed the joyous day, And pantomine... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 oldal
...Yet still did virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd, though nature fled. But forc'd at length her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of wit: Exulting Folly hail'd the joyful day, And Pantomime and Song confirm d her sway. But who the coining changes can presage,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 506 oldal
...deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd, though Nature fled. But forc'd, at length, her antient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of Wit; Exulting Folly hail'd the joyful day, And Pantomime and Song confirm'd her sway. But who the corning changes can presage,... | |
 | Thomas Davies - 1818 - 262 oldal
...slept. Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosopby remain'd, though Nature 8ed. But forc'd at length her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of Wit ; Exulting Folly hail'd the joyful day, And pantomime and song confirmM her sway. But who the coming changes can presage,... | |
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And pantomime and song confirm'd her sway. But who the coming changes can presage, And mark the future periods of the stage? Perhaps, if skill could distant times explore, New... 
