 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 876 pages
...It was received with the most uncommon applause, having run thirty-five nights without interruption. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap, to shew that the satire was unfelt. When it... | |
 | 1824 - 312 pages
...hazard of the theatre. The danger was soon over. The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the tones, and the tories re-echoed every clap to shew that the satire was not felt. While... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 506 pages
...satire on the tories; and the lories echoed every clap, to show that the satire was unfelt. The story of Bolingbroke is well known. He called Booth to his box, and gave him fifty guineas for defending_the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator". The whigs, says Pope, design... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...practised for Cato. The danger was soon over. The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the tories; and the tories echoed every clap, to shew that the satire was unfelt. The story... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Actors - 1825 - 326 pages
...practised for " Cato." The danger was soon over; the whole nation was, at that time, on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every cheer, to shew that the satire was not felt. Bolingbroke... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Actors - 1825 - 332 pages
...practised for " Cato." The danger was soon over ; the whole nation was, at that time, on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every cheer, to shew that the satire was not felt. Bolingbroke... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1826 - 430 pages
...satire on the tories ; and the tories echoed every clap, to shew that the satire was unfelt. The story of Bolingbroke is well known. He called Booth to his box, and gave him fifty^guineas for de* fending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual die. tator. The whigs,... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 372 pages
...practised for " Cato." The danger was soon over; the whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories; and the Tories echoed ever cheer, to shew that the satire was not felt. Bolingbroke... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1830 - 284 pages
...representation ; for, as we are told by Pope, " the whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the tories ; and the tories echoed every clap to show that the satire was unfelt. Bolingbroke... | |
 | John Genest - Theater - 1832 - 676 pages
...owing partly to its intrinsic merit, and partly to Booth's acting, but chiefly to party spirit — the Whigs applauded every line in which Liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap to show that the satire was unfelt — the... | |
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This, says Pope *, had been tried for the first time in favour of the Distrest Mother; and was now, with more efficacy, practised for Cato. The danger was soon over. The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line... 
