 | Sir Nigel Playfair - 1925 - 316 pages
...blasphemy to treat His Majesty's Government in anything but the most serious manner. When you censor the age Be cautious and sage, Lest the courtiers offended should be: If you mention vice or bribe, 'Tis so pat to all the tribe, Each cries, " That was levelled at me 1 " wrote Gay, boldly ironical,... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - Devon - 1926 - 456 pages
...Nevertheless he attended the first performance, and sat in one of the stage lounges. When Lockit sang — When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest...courtiers offended should be. If you mention vice or bribe, Tis so pat to all the tribe, That each cries— That was levelled at me ! Sir Robert observing... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - Devon (England) - 1926 - 456 pages
...Nevertheless he attended the first performance, and sat in one of the stage lounges. When Lockit sang — When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest...courtiers offended should be. If you mention vice or bribe, Tis so pat to all the tribe, That each cries— That was levelled at me ! Sir Robert observing... | |
 | John Gay - English poetry - 1926 - 762 pages
...else, might turn to your prejudice. Learn to be more guarded, I beg you. AIR XXX. How happy are we, &c. When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest the Courtiers offended should be : • 20 // you mention vice or bribe, ! 'Tis so pat to all the tribe ; Each cries — That was levell'd... | |
 | Robert Metcalf Smith, Howard Garrett Rhoads - Comedy - 1928 - 632 pages
...might turn to your prejudice. Learn to be more guarded, I beg you. [AiR XII — How happy are we, etc.] When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest...courtiers offended should be. If you mention vice or bribe, 'Tis so pat to all the tribe Each cries — That was levell'd at me. PEACHUM. Here's poor Ned... | |
 | England - 1922 - 860 pages
...encourage those who betray their friends." Broad enough ! Yet presently the daring author cries — " When you censure the age Be cautious and sage Lest...courtiers offended should be. If you mention vice or bribe, "J'is so pat to all the tribe Each cries : ' That was levelled at me.' » What could have been... | |
 | Calhoun Winton - Drama - 1993 - 236 pages
...boxes. It all added to the fun, and Gay had provided the perfect cue with Lockit's song in Act II: When you censure the Age, Be cautious and sage, Lest...Courtiers offended should be: If you mention Vice or Bribe, "Tis so pat to all the Tribe; Each crys — That was levell'd at me. (II.x.21-26) By this time... | |
 | John Gay, John Caird, Ilona Sekacz - Music - 1999 - 116 pages
...to be more guarded, I beg you. (And he smiles sycophantically at the audience as he starts to sing.) WHEN YOU CENSURE THE AGE BE CAUTIOUS AND SAGE LEST...COURTIERS OFFENDED SHOULD BE IF YOU MENTION VICE OR BRIBE 'TIS SO PAT TO ALL THE TRIBE EACH CRIES — "THAT WAS LEVELLED AT ME!" PEACHUM and LOCKIT. IF... | |
 | Fredric V. Bogel - Fiction - 2001 - 280 pages
...only one world, and its denizens are marked by nothing so strongly as their similarity to each other: When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest...courtiers offended should be: If you mention vice or bribe, Tis so pat to all the tribe; Each cries—that was levelled at me. (Air 30) In fact, the only... | |
 | Uwe Böker, Ines Detmers, Anna-Christina Giovanopoulos - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 349 pages
...Stage. London: Methuen 1972, 29-44 und 46, mit einem einschlägigen Beispiel aus der Grub-Street Opera. When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest...courtiers offended should be: If you mention vice or bribe, Tis pat to all the tribe, Each cries - That was levelled at me. (BÖ, 85-86). Walpole selbst... | |
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When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest the courtiers offended, should be ; If you mention vice or bribe, 'Tis so pat to all the tribe, Each cries — That was levelld at me. 
