Th' oblivious grave's inviolable shade. Let one great payment every claim appease, And him who cannot hurt, allow to please ; To please by scenes, unconscious of offence, By harmless merriment, or useful sense. Where aught of bright or fair the piece... Annual Register of World Events - Stran 1991805Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 272 strani
...shade. 10 Let one great payment every claim appease, 11 And him who cannot hurt, allow to please ; To please by scenes unconscious of offence, By harmless...cannot hear. By all like him must praise and blame be found, At best a fleeting dream, or empty sound. 20 Yet then shall calm Reflection bless the night... | |
| James Boswell - 1858 - 464 strani
...inviolable shade. Let one great payment every claim appease, And him who cannot hurt, allow to please ; To please by scenes, unconscious of offence, By harmless...piece displays, Approve it only ; — 'tis too late too praise. If want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss ; — the poet cannot hear. By... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 524 strani
...inviolable shade. Let one great payment every claim appease; And him who cannot hurt, allow to please; To please by scenes unconscious of offence, By harmless...cannot hear ! By all like him must praise and blame be found, At best a fleeting gleam or empty sound. Yet then shall calm reflection bless the night When... | |
| James Boswell - 1873 - 620 strani
...to please ; To please by scenes, unconscious of utfeüce, By harmless merriment, or useful s. iiso. Where aught of bright or fair the piece displays,...Approve it only ; — 'tis too late to praise. If want OÏ skill or want of care appt-ar, Forbear to hiss ;— the poet cannut hear. By all, like him, must... | |
| James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 strani
...please ; To please by scenes, unconscious of offence, By harmiess merriment, or useful sense. 1Упore aught of bright or fair the piece displays, Approve it only ;— 'tis too late to praise. If лvant ot skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss ;— the poet cannot hear. By all, like him,... | |
| James Boswell - 1874 - 584 strani
...inviolable shade. Let one great payment every claim appease, And him who cannot hurt, allow to please ; To please by scenes, unconscious of offence, By harmless...cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last a fleeting gleam, or empty sound. Yet then shall calm reflection bless the night, When... | |
| James Boswell - 1874 - 584 strani
...inviolable shade. Let one great payment every claim appease, And him who cannot hurt, allow to please ; To please by scenes, unconscious of offence, By harmless...cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last a fleeting gleam, or empty sound. Yet then shall calm reflection bless the night, When... | |
| 1859 - 534 strani
[ Prikaz vsebine te strani ni dovoljen ] | |
| 1881 - 436 strani
...Christmas-season audiences a task not altogether too ignoble to undertake ? In the words of Johnson : To please by scenes unconscious of offence, By harmless merriment or useful sense. If, alas ! such a one be not forthcoming, the future historian of the stage during the present year... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 642 strani
...inviolable shade. Let one great payment every claim appease, And him, who cannot hurt, allow to please, To please by scenes unconscious of offence, By harmless...cannot hear. By all like him must praise and blame be found At best a fleeting gleam, or empty sound. Yet then shall calm reflection bless the night, When... | |
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