 | English drama - 1744 - 410 pages
...too vile then. Colax. You ridiculous ? But 'tis an impious age; there was a time, ^And pity 'tis, fo good a time had wings To fly away,) when reverence was paid To a grey head; 'twas held a facrilege Not expiable, to deny refpeft To one, fir, of your years and gravity. Dyfc. My years and... | |
 | English drama - 1780 - 500 pages
...ridiculous ! 'Colax* You ridiculous ? But 'tis an impious age ; there was a time, (And pity 'tis, fo good a time had wings To fly away,) when reverence was paid « . To a grey head ; 'twas held a facrilege *5 Not expiable, to deny refpeft To one, fir, of your years and gravity. Dyfcolus. My years... | |
 | Juvenal - 1806 - 578 pages
...passage on the subject than this, which is evidently taken from the text: " Colax. It is an impious age. There was a time, " And pity 'tis so good a time had...wings " To fly away, when reverence was paid " To the gray head : 'twas held a sacrilege " Not expiable, to deny respect " To one of years and gravity."... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 630 pages
...Dys. So art thou. Heaven ! I am turned ridiculous ! Col. You ridiculou* ? But 'tis an impious age ; there was a time, — And pity 'tis so good a time...reverence was paid To a grey head; 'twas held a sacrilege Ij Not expiable, to deny respect To one, sir, of your years and gravity. Dys. My years and gravity... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 630 pages
...liyt. So art thou. Heaven ! I am turned ridiculous ! Col. You ridiculous? But 'tis an impious age ; there was a time,— And pity 'tis so good a time had wings To fly away,— when reverence wa» paid To a grey head ; 'twas held a sacrilege ts Not expiable, to deny respect To one, sir, of... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 556 pages
...to aqua-vitce men,] ie defraud the poor of the beer which was meant for them. It was usual, at that time, — " And pity 'tis, so good a time had wings " To fly away," to distribute, at the bultcry-hatch of great houses, a daily or weekly dole of broken bread and beer... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 546 pages
...were frequently • encouraged to feast their sovereign. On all these occasions, the custom of the time, " And pity 'tis, so good a time had wings To fly away," — called for something more than a bare treat, some introductory compliment that might, as it were,... | |
 | Books - 1822 - 386 pages
...Dysc. So art thou. Heaven, I am turn'd ridiculous ! Colax. You ridiculous ! But 'tis an impious age ; there was a time (And pity 'tis so good a time had wings To fly away), when reverence was paid To a gray head ; 'twas held a sacrilege Not expiable, to deny respect To one, sir, of your years and gravity.... | |
 | John Jebb - Sermons, English - 1824 - 418 pages
...migration. It is the courtesy of days, when it was esteemed a sacred duty, V.OLI yegaaiv PkocylUdes. • " There was a time, And pity 'tis, so good a time had wings To fly away, when reverence was paid To the grey head." " Age was authority." (13) Page 122. This world is the world of God.] " The general... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist - English drama - 1825 - 430 pages
...! Colax. The world is grown too vile then. Dyscolus. So art thou. Heaven ! I am turn'd ridiculous. (And pity 'tis so good a time had wings To fly away,)...reverence was paid To a grey head ; 'twas held a sacrilege l5 Not expiable, to deny respect To one, sir, of your years and gravity. Dyscolus. My years and gravity... | |
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