 | Catherine George Ward - 1824 - 728 lehte
...wild vicissitudes of taste; " With ev'ry meteor of caprice must play, " And chase the new-blown bubble of the day. " Ah ! let not censure term our fate our choice, " Authors but echo back the public voice ; " The author's laws thu author's patrons give, " For we... | |
 | Richard Ryan - 1830 - 348 lehte
...wild vicissitudes of taste ; With ev'ry meteor of caprice must play, And chase the new-blown bubbles of the day. Ah ! let not censure term our fate our...to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; * Hunt, a famous boxer on the stage, t Mahomet, a rope... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 lehte
...wild vicissitudes of taste ; With every meteor of caprice must play, And chase the new-blown bubbles of the day. Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our...to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; 'Tie yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 lehte
...wild vicissitudes of taste ; With every meteor of caprice must play, And chase the new-blown bubbles of the day. Ah ! let not censure term our fate our...give, For we that live to please, must please — to lire. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; Tis... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 lehte
...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,...to live. 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 lehte
...wild vicissitudes of taste ; With ev'ry meteor of caprice must play, And chase the new-blown 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 lehte
...wild vicissitudes of taste ; With ev'ry meteor of caprice must play, And chase the new-blown 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 lehte
...vicissitudes of taste ; With ev'ry meteor of caprice must play, And chase the new-blown 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... | |
 | George Colman - 1827 - 298 lehte
...real genins , and the ultimate debasement of the drama. Thus it has been well observed by Johnson " The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws the drama's patrons give, For those that live to please, must please to live. JWL JOHN BULL, or. THE ENGLISHMAN'S FIRESIDE; A COMEDY,... | |
 | 1828 - 346 lehte
...and oaths bring up the rear/* what have the softer sex to do, but to suit the action to ihc word t " The drama's laws the drama's patrons give ; For we, that live to please, must please to live." To be decent is well enough, to be " hey randy dandy O!" is better, to be popular is best of all !... | |
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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. 
