 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 422 страници
...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...decry, As tyrants, doom their tools of guilt to die j * Hunt, a famous boxer on the ftage j Mahomet, a ropedancer, who had exhibited at Covent-Garden Theatre... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 страници
...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...decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; w * Hunt, a famous boxer on the ftage ; Mahomet, a ropedancer, who had exhibited at Covent-Garden... | |
 | Arthur Murphy - 1801 - 544 страници
...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...decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die. 'Tis yours this night to bid the reign commence Of refcued nature, and reviving fenfe; To chafe the... | |
 | 1804 - 452 страници
...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;... | |
 | William Cook - 1805 - 238 страници
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 страници
...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 give, For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you descry, As tyrants doom their tools... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 436 страници
...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...decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; * Hunt, a famous boxer on the ftage ; Mahomet, a ropedancer, who had exhibited at Co vent-Garden... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 страници
...Mahomet, a ropedancer, who had exhibited at Convent-Garden Theatre the winter before, said to be a Turk. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; 'Tis yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature and reviving Sense ; To chase... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 350 страници
...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. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools... | |
 | John Styles - 1806 - 156 страници
...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... | |
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The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. 
