 | James Bennett - 1840 - 494 pagina’s
...When learning's triumph 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 imagin'd new : " Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, " And panting Time toil'd after him in vain : " His... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Sir Frederick Beilby Watson - 1843 - 264 pagina’s
...When Learning's triumph o'er her barbarous foes First reared the Stage, immortal Shakespeare 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 him in vain. It delights... | |
 | 1847 - 540 pagina’s
...fantastical and light, With fluttering wings do keep her still awake. DAVIES' Immortality of the Soul. 4. 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 him in vain. DR. JOHNSON,... | |
 | 1847 - 526 pagina’s
...fantastical and light, With fluttering wings do keep her still awake. DAVIES' Immortality of the Soul. 4. 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 him in vain. DR. JOHNSON,... | |
 | John Graham (compositor.) - 1848 - 94 pagina’s
...Shakespeare, without being subject to the charge of folly or presumption. Thus the Doctor elegantly writes : Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded rcign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. 4. Where extracts... | |
 | Richmal Mangnall - 1848 - 498 pagina’s
...When Learning's triumph 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 imagin'd new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain ; His powerful... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 pagina’s
..." When Learning's triumph 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 imagin'd new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. His powerful... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 pagina’s
..." When Learning's triumph 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 imagin'd ncw : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. His powerful... | |
 | 1852 - 1170 pagina’s
...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 him in vain." Prologue spoken... | |
 | Sir John Thomas Gilbert - 1859 - 392 pagina’s
...the rainbow, emblematical of the variety of Shakspeare's productions, as described by Johnson : — " Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new." The Parcae, or Fates — Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos — were supported by clouds on the left ; opposite,... | |
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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... 
