 That tongue which set the table on a roar, And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more ! Clos'd are those eyes, the harbingers of wit Which spoke, before the tongue, what Shakespeare writ; Cold are those hands, which, living, were stretched forth At...  Anecdotes, Bons-mots, and Characteristic Traits of the Greatest Princes ... - Page 1621789 - 359 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Actors - 1766 - 128 pages
...divided never stands.' " WB EPITAPH ON MR. QUIN. Written by Mr. Gar rick. " That tongue, which set the table on a roar And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more ! Clos'd are those eyes, the harbingers of wit, Which spoke, before the tongue, what Shakespeare writ, Cold are... | |
 | BATH - Bath (England) - 1773 - 118 pages
...following : In memory of Mr. JAMES QUIN, who died in the . . year 1766, aged 73. That tongue, lubichfet the table on a roar, And charm'd the public ear, is...the harbingers of wit, Which fpake before the tongue whan Shakefpeare writ : Cold is that hand, which living was flretch'd forth* At Friendship's call,... | |
 | Thomas Davies - Actors - 1780 - 458 pages
...the Abbey Church at Bath. j That tongue which fet the table on a roar, : ... . - ' - : '- •• 0 ' And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more: Clos'd...eyes, the harbingers of wit, Which fpake before the tobgae what Shakefpeare writ: , ~. .'*:;:., -.»-. • :. , _•.:: Cold is that hand, which, living,... | |
 | Books - 1780 - 592 pages
...Mr. Quin, in the abbey-church at Bath : an epitaph which, fubftituting the initials DG inftead of ' James Quin,' would be equally applicable to the writer. • That tongue which fee the table on a roar, And charm'd the public far, is heard no nirne : Clos'd are thofe ever, the... | |
 | John Almon - English literature - 1786 - 480 pages
...•Embalm'd alive, old Quin fliall die A mummy ready made. EPITAPH ON MR. QJJ I N. BY THE SAME. 1 HAT tongue, which fet the table on a roar, And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more ! dos'd are thofe eyes, the harbingers of wit, Which fpoke, before the tongue, what Shakefpeire writ.... | |
 | Arthur Murphy - 1801 - 544 pages
...is engraved oh a monument in the Abbey-church at Bath. That tongue, which fet the table <in a rtfar, And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more. Clos'd are thofe eyes, the harbingers of wit, Which fpoke, before the tongue, what Shaltefpeare writ. Gold Is that hand, which Irving, was ftretch'd forth,... | |
 | 1802 - 314 pages
...Quin, in the abbey-church at Bath ; an epitaph which, fubftituting th.2 Initials D. G. inflead of " James Quin," would be equally applicable to the writer. " That tongue which fat the table on a roar, And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more ; Clos'd are thofe eyes, the... | |
 | Select collection - Epitaphs - 1806 - 262 pages
...Alexander here lies dead, ABBEY CHURCH, BATH-. On James Quin, the celebrated Actor. That tongue, which set the table on a roar, And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more ! Clos'd are those eyes, the harbingers of wit, "Which spoke, before the tongue, what Shakespear writ; Clos'd are... | |
 | John Feltham - 1813 - 368 pages
...inscriptions are elegant : we select one to the memory of the facetious James Quin. That tongue which set the table on a roar, And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more; Clos'd are those eyes, the harbingers of wit, Which spake, before the tongue, what Shakspeare writ. Cold is that... | |
 | Pierce Egan - Bath (England) - 1819 - 398 pages
...dagger, representing Tragedy and Comedy. OB. M,DCC,LXVI.— xEtaris LXXIII. " That tongue which set the table on a roar, And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more : Closed are those eyes, the harbingers of wit, Which spake before the tongue, what Shakspeare writ... | |
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