 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 pagina’s
...Firft rear'd the ftage, immortal Shakefpeare rofej Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhaulied worlds, and then imagin'd new : Exiftence faw him...reign, And panting time toil'd after him in vain. His powerful ftrokes prefiding truth imprefs'd, And unrefifted paffion ftorm'd the breaft. Then Jonfon... | |
 | Sir John Hawkins - 1787 - 634 pagina’s
...infcrtit: c When Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes ' Firft rear'd the ftage, immortal Shakefpeare rofe ; ' Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, ' Exhaufted worlds, and then imagin'd new : t Exiftence faw him fpurn her bounded reign, ' And panting Time toil'd afcer him in vain. ' His powerful... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 642 pagina’s
...Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes ' Firft rear'd the ftage, immortal Shakefpeare rofc -, ' Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, ' Exhaufted worlds, and then imagin'd new : ' Exiftence law him fpurn her bounded reign, ' And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. 1 His powerful ftrokes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 640 pagina’s
...: ' "When Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes ' Firft rear'd the ftage, immortal Shakefpeare rofe ; * Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, * Exhaufted worlds, and then imagin'd new : 1 Exiftence faw him fpurn her bounded reign, ' And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. , ' His... | |
 | 1787 - 668 pagina’s
...were grand, but his tafte was bad. No man has ever exceeded in fublimity his lines on Shake/fear: " Each change of many-colour'd life he drew : Exhaufted worlds, and then imagin'd new. Exiftince faw him fpurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in va^n." But his poetical... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pagina’s
...WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barturou, foes Firft rear'd the ftage, immortal Shakcfpeare role, Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhaufted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Exigence law him fpurn her bounded reign, And panting time toil'd after him in vain. His powerful ftrokes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 pagina’s
...change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhaulled worlds, and then imagin'd new: Exiftence law him i'purn her bounded reign, And panting time toil'd after him in vain. His powerful ftrokes prefiding truth imprefs'd, And unrefifted pafiion ftorm'd the bread. Then Jonfon came,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 480 pagina’s
...change of many-colour'd life he drew, K\haut.ted worlds, and then imagm'd ne\f : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain: His pow'iful itrokes presiding Truth confessM, And unresistcd Passion storm'd the breait. DR. SAMUIL JOHNSON.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1789 - 248 pagina’s
...1747. WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barbarous foes Firft rear'd the ftage, immortal Shakefpeare rofe ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew,...reign, And panting time toil'd after him in vain. His powerful ftrokes prefiding truth imprefs'd, And unrefifted paffion ftorm'd the breaft. Then Johnfon... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1789 - 742 pagina’s
...without violence to reafon, may in future appear. Of the noveliir, it may, with propriety, be faid, " Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhaufted worlds, and then imagin'd new ;" He may perfonify the virtues which he wiihes to recommend, and may tlluftrate them with examples... | |
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WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after... 
