 | James Thomas Kirkman - 1799 - 510 oldal
...new-blown bubbles of the day. Ah ! let not cenfure term our fate our choice, The ftage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to pleafe, muft pleafe to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 oldal
...bubbles of the day. Ah ! let not Cenfure term our fate our choice, The ftage but echoes back the publick voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to pleafe, muft pleafe to live. '• Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 422 oldal
...bubbles of the day. Ah ! let not Cenfure term our fate our choice, The ftage but echoes back the publick voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to pleafe, muft pleafe to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants, doom their tools... | |
 | Arthur Murphy - 1801 - 544 oldal
...new blown bubble of the day. Ah T let not cenfure term our fate our choice, The ftage but echoes back the public voice.. The drama's laws the drama's patrons give, For we, who live to pleafe, muft pleafe to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom... | |
 | 1804 - 452 oldal
...mere rainbow; all its gaudy colours arise from reflection: or, as a modern bard more happily says, " The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give ; " For we that live to please, must please to live." Sraff'. Why then, after all, I find I am in a hobble. Foote. May be not; come, hope for the best. Prompter?... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 oldal
...new-blown bubbles of the day. Ah 1 let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons...please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you descry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; Tis yours, this night, to bid the reign commence... | |
 | William Cook - 1805 - 238 oldal
...rainbow — all its gaudy colours arise from reflection, or a« a modern bard more happily says — " The drama's laws— the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live." Scoff'. What then, after all, I find I am in a hobble. Foote. May be not — come — hope for the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 350 oldal
...bubbles of the day. Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the publick voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give....tools of guilt to die ; 'Tis Yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature and reviving Sense ; To chase the charms of Sound, the pomp... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 oldal
...bubbles of the day. Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the publick voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. * Hunt, a famous boxer on the stage ; Mahomet, a ropedancer, who had exhibited at Convent-Garden Theatre... | |
 | John Styles - 1806 - 156 oldal
...refer are these; they are extracted from a prologue written by Johnson, and spoken by Garrick:— " The Drama's Laws, the Drama's Patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. ' * the pestilence into their neighbourhood, because it has not been universally destructive; or who... | |
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Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. 
