 | Robert Dodsley - 1755 - 356 pages
...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 of guilt to die ; 'Tis... | |
 | 1758 - 352 pages
...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 of guilt to die ;... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 384 pages
...bubbles of the day. Ah ! let not cenfure term our fate our choice, The flage 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 of guilt to die; 'Tis... | |
 | Benjamin Victor - 1761 - 288 pages
...new.blown Bubbles of the Day. Ah ! let not Cenfure term^ur Fate our Choice, The Stage but ecchoes b«K the public Voice, The Drama's Laws the Drama's Patrons give, For we that live to pleafe, rnuft pleafe to live. Then prompt no more the-Foilies you decry, As Tyrants doom their Tools of guilt... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 392 pages
...Hamlet dy'd, On flying cars new forcerers may ride. Perhaps (for who can guefs th' effects of chance ?) Here Hunt may box, or Mahomet may dance. Hard is his...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 of guilt to die ; 'Tis... | |
 | Collection - 1766 - 356 pages
...every meteor of caprice muft play, And chace the new-blown bubbles of the day. Ah! let not cenfu.?* term our fate our choice; The ftage but echoes back the public voice., The dram.a'9 laws the drama's patrons give, For we that live to pleafe, muft pleafe, to live. Then prompt... | |
 | 1774 - 372 pages
...And chacethe new-blown Bubbles of the Day. Ah ! let not Cenfure term our Fate, our Choice: The Stage but echoes back the public Voice, The Drama's Laws,...Patrons give, For we that live to pleafe muft pleafe to live. But who the coming Changes can prefage, And mark the future Periods of the Stage ? Perhaps... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...And chace the new-blown Bubbles of the Day. Ah! let not Cenfure term our Fate, our Choice: The Stage but echoes back the public Voice, The Drama's Laws,...Drama's Patrons give, For we that live to pleafe, muft pleafc to live. Then 3 Then prompt no more the Follies you decry, As Tyrants doom their Tools of Guilt... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 392 pages
...And chace the new-blown Bubbles of the Day. Ah! let not Cenfure term our Fate, our Choice: The Stage but echoes back the public Voice, The Drama's Laws,...Drama's Patrons give, For we that live to pleafe, muft pleafc to live. Then prompt no mere the Follies you decry, As Tyrants doom their Tools of Guilt to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 412 pages
...And chace the new-blown Hubbies of the Day. Ah! let not Cenfure 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 pleafc, muft pleafc to live. But who the coming Changes can prefage, And mark the future Periods of... | |
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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. 
