 | William Shakespeare - 1890 - 620 pagina’s
...Theatre the lines in which Johnson, with a fine extravagance, sounded the praises of Shakespeare : — 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. The stage history... | |
 | Edward Dowden - 1893 - 160 pagina’s
...Theatre the lines in which Johnson, with a fine extravagance, sounded the praises of Shakespeare : — 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. Johnson's long-promised... | |
 | Estelle Davenport Adams - 1894 - 432 pagina’s
...the human heart, Is not wild Shakespeare thine and nature's boast ? THOMSON : The Seasons (Summer) r 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... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1903 - 360 pagina’s
...for the opening of Drury Lane in September, 1747. This, besides the well-known lines on Shakespeare, '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,' also includes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1908 - 254 pagina’s
...WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barbarous foes First rear'd 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. His powerful... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 1334 pagina’s
...7"HEN Learning's triumph o'er her barbarous foes First rear'd 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. His powerful... | |
 | University of Wisconsin - 1923 - 594 pagina’s
...the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, In 1747 (Works of Samuel Johnson, td. A. Murphy, London, 1824, I, 28): Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then Imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign. »"See above, pp. 152, 153. 226 tell, then, Johnson's reflections... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 pagina’s
...WHEN Learning's Triumph o'er her barb'rous Foes First rear'd the Stage, immortal SHAKESPEAR 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 : 3202 M 321... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pagina’s
...5 When Learning's Triumph o'er her barb'rous Foes First rear'd the Stage, immortal Shakespear rose; ST LAWRENCE THAYER (1863-1940) Casey at the Bat \ It looked extremely rocky for the (1. 1—4) 6 Their Cause was gen'ral, their Supports were strong, Their Slaves were willing, and their... | |
 | Greg Clingham - 1997 - 290 pagina’s
...liked to draw imaginative pictures; but his were plays that ignored the unities of time and place: 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. (3-6) When Johnson... | |
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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... 
