 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...of the dav. Ah ! let not ctnfure term our fate our choice, Г he ft age but echoes back the public voice ; The Drama's laws the Drama's patrons give, For we that live to pícale, muft pícale to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools... | |
 | 1804 - 452 pages
...mere rainbow; all its gaudy colours arise from reflection: or, as a modern bard more happily says, " The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give ; " For we that live to please, must please to live." Sraff'. Why then, after all, I find I am in a hobble. Foote. May be not;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...bubbles of the day. Ah 1 let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you descry, As tyrants doom their tools... | |
 | William Cook - 1805 - 238 pages
...rainbow — all its gaudy colours arise from reflection, or a« a modern bard more happily says — " The drama's laws— the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live." Scoff'. What then, after all, I find I am in a hobble. Foote. May be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 328 pages
...And chace the new-blown bubbles of the day. Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the publick voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. * Hunt, a famous boxer on the stage ; Mahomet, a ropedancer, who had exhibited... | |
 | John Styles - Sermons, English - 1806 - 156 pages
...refer are these; they are extracted from a prologue written by Johnson, and spoken by Garrick:— " The Drama's Laws, the Drama's Patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. ' * the pestilence into their neighbourhood, because it has not been universally... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...bubbles of the day. Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give. For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follics you decry, As tyrants doom their tools... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...bubbles of the day. Ah I let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please — to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...bubbles of the day. Ah ! let not Censure term oar fate our choice, The stage but echoes liack the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...babble* of the day. Ah! let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, At tyrants doom their tools... | |
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Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. 
