 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die: Tis yours this night to bid the reign commence Of rescu'd nature, and reviving sense; To chase the charms of sound, the pomp of shew, For iist-fiil mirth, and salutary woe; Bid scenic virnic form the rising age, And truth diffuse... | |
 | 1811 - 418 pages
...community would consent To chase the charms of sense, the pomp of show, For useful mirth or «alutary woe; Bid scenic virtue form the rising age, And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage. JOHN DAVY, THE CELEBRATED COMPOSER. JOHN DAVY, Composer, was born in the parish of Upton Hilion, about... | |
 | 1812 - 318 pages
...doom tlieir tools of guilt to die ; "l'i« yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescu'd nature, and reviving sense ; To chase the charms of...age, And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage. Such is the occasional prologue which stands at the head of compositions of this nature. If the Drury-Iane... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - Dramatists, English - 1812 - 472 pages
...quoted, and which was spoken at the first opening of that theatre under his direction, viz. " Bade scenic virtue form the rising age, " And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage." His superiority to all others in one branch of excellence, however, must not make us overlook the rank... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...reign commence Of rescued nature, and reviving sense; [show. To chase the charms of sound, the pomp of For useful mirth and salutary woe ; Bid Scenic Virtue...age, And Truth diffuse her radiance from the Stage. § 34. Epilogue to Shakipeare's First Part of King Henry IF. Spoken by Mr. J. ¥. in the Character... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1816 - 154 pages
...'Tis yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued nature, and reviving sense; To change the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary woe — Bid scenick virtue, form the rising age, And truth, diffuse her radiance from the stage.. PROLOGUE, SPOKXTT... | |
 | Thomas Davies - Theater - 1818 - 262 pages
...die; Tis yours this night to bid the reign commence Of rescu'd Nature, and reviving Sense ; To chace the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary wo, Bid scenick virtue form the list'ning age, And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage. I Order,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1819 - 780 pages
...with, " Tis yours this night to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature, and reviving sense: To chace the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful...age, And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage." Prologue spoken by Mr. Garrich on the Commencement of his Management. Yet (as it is well expressed... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1819 - 708 pages
...reviving sense; To chaee the charms of sound, the pomp of thaw, For useful mirth and salutary woe j Bid scenic virtue form the rising age, And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage." Prologue spoken by Mr. Garrick on the Commencement of hit Management. Yot (as it is well expressed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 368 pages
...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...age, And Truth diffuse her radiance from the stage. IRENE; TRAGEDY, 16? PROLOGUE. YE glitt'ring train, whom lace and velvet bless, Suspend the soft solicitudes... | |
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Tis yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature and reviving Sense ; To chase the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary woe ; Bid scenic Virtue form the rising age, And Truth diffuse her radiance from the... 
