 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pagina’s
...highest flights, than that any other should rise up to his lowest. Notes upon Shakfpeare, vol. i, p. 216. Each change of many-coloured life he drew, Exhausted...saw him spurn her bounded reign,, .And panting Time toil-d after him in vain. Piologue at the opening of Drury-lane Theatre, SUPERFLUITIES. Nothing gives... | |
 | John Corry - 1804 - 230 pagina’s
...aflecting expression of the passions, have never been equalled. " Kach form of many-co'oured life lie drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagined new : Existence...saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain." Dr. JOHNSON. Ben Jonson, the contemporary of Shakespeare, also contributed... | |
 | John Evans - 1807 - 318 pagina’s
...barbVous foet First rea r*d the stage, immortal Shakespeare rose ; Each change of many-colour'dlifehe drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagined new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, A nd panting Time toil'd after him in vain ; His powerful strokes presiding Truth confest, And unresisted... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pagina’s
...her {jarbarous foes, First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakespeare rose ; Each change of many coloured life he drew: Exhausted worlds, and then imagined...saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. JJis powerful strokes presiding truth impress'*!, And unresisting passion... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pagina’s
...of expression, which challenge the whole compass of English poetry. " Each change*of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagined...saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.1* The stanzas on the death of Mr Robert Levettr as they were the last, so... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 154 pagina’s
...1747: WHEN learning's triumph o'er her barbarous foes First reared the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose: Each change of many-coloured life he drew, Exhausted...him in vain, His powerful strokes, presiding truth impressed,And unresisted passion stormed the breast. Then Jonson came, instructed from the school,... | |
 | 1831 - 1008 pagina’s
...saw into Shakspeare's. How else could he have written these words ? " Each change of many-colour'd life he drew — Exhausted worlds — and then imagined...saw him spurn her bounded reign ; And panting Time toil'd after him in vain !" Many-coloured life ! That is fine. Change ! Good. Shift its position but... | |
 | 1821 - 436 pagina’s
...When learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes, First rear'd the stage, immortal Sn AKSPEARE rose ; Each change of many-coloured life he drew, Exhausted...saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. His powerful strokes presiding truth impress")], And unresisting passion... | |
 | 1822 - 292 pagina’s
...o'er her barbarous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagined...saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. His powerful strokes presiding truth impress'd, And unresisted passion storm'd... | |
 | William Banks - 1823 - 462 pagina’s
...creative nature of his genius, that it has been justly said of him, that " Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds and then imagined new...saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain ; His powerful strokes presiding truth impress'd, And unresisted passion storm'd... | |
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Each change of many-coloured life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagined new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting time toiled after him in vain. 
