 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 358 strani
...quantity of drum, trumpet, thunder, light ning, or the scene-shifter's whistle." — GOLDSMITH.] (2) [" For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, Commanding...every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, Folly, by Dulness arm'd, eludes the wound, And harmless sees the feather'd shafts rebound ; Unhurt... | |
 | 1834 - 344 strani
...passions, as well as the understanding. You, yourself, have nobly said, that its great purpose is " To melt the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart !" no feelings ; we must indulge in no capricious and wanton fancies ; we must beware, that ve do not... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 318 strani
...thenceforth fixed at the head of the degenerate drama of England. PROLOGUE TO MR. ADDISON'S TRAGEDY OF CATO. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art ; To raise...— For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, 5 Commanding tears to stream through every age : Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes... | |
 | 1871 - 340 strani
[ Prikaz vsebine te strani ni dovoljen ] | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 strani
...picture there should be shade as well as light, and when I delineate him without reserve, I do (1) [" To make mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold." Pom.] what he himself recommended, both by his precept and his example: — " If the biographer writes... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 strani
...business at one gasp be o'er, The muse forgot, and thou beloved no more 1 PROLOGUE To Mr. Addisrm's Tragedy of Goto. To wake the soul by tender strokes...of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart ; T./ make mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold : for this... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 strani
...muse forgot, and thou heloved no more ! PROLOGUE To Mr. Addisan's Tragedy of Calo. To wake the soul hy pass'xKg* hold, Live o'er each scene, and he what they hehold : For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage,... | |
 | Solomon Southwick - 1837 - 204 strani
...and pressure ;" or, in other words, and by another modern—POPE—it is the province of the drama— "To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...Muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream from every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wondered how they wept."... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1837 - 252 strani
...work itself, which will be mnted within few days. PROLOGUE TO CATO, BY MR. POPE. SPOKEN BY MR. WILKS. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream thro' every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept. And foes to virtue womler'd how they wept.... | |
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart ; To make mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold... 
