 | Collection - 1755 - 378 pages
...pierce each fcene with philofophic eye. T To fhee were folemn toys or empty fhew, The robes of pleafure and the veils of woe: All aid the farce, and all thy...fill'd the fage's mind, Renew'd at ev'ry glance on humankind ; How juft that fcorn ere yet thy voice declare, Search every ftate, and canvafs ev'ry pray'r.... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 384 pages
...pierce each fcene with philofophic eye. To thee were folemn toys or empty mew, The robes of pleafure and the veils of woe : All aid the farce, and all...griefs are vain. Such was the fcorn that fill'd the rage's mind, Renew'd at ev'ry glance on humankind ; How juft that fcorn ere yet thy voice declare,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 412 pages
...pierce each fcene with philofophic eyo. To thee were folemn toys or empty mew, . The robes of pleafure and the veils of woe : All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whofe joys are caufelefs, and whofe griefs are vain. Such was the fcorn that fill'd the fage's mind, Renew'd at every glance... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 pages
...pierce each fcene with philofophic eye. To thee were folemn toys or empty mew* * The robes of pleafqre and the veils of woe : All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whofe joys are caufelefs, and whofe griefs are vain. Such was the fcorn that fill'd the fage's mind, Renew'd at every glance... | |
 | 1765 - 414 pages
...and the veils of woe : All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whofe joys are caufelefs, and whofe griefs are vain. Such was the fcorn that fill'd the fage's mind, Renew'd at every glance on humankind j How juft that fcorn ere yet thy voice declare, Search every ftate, and... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1770 - 402 pages
...pierce each fcene with philofophic eye. To thee were folemn toys or empty fhew, The robes of pleafure and the veils of woe : All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whofe joys are caufelefs, and whofe griefs are vain. Such was the fcorn that fill'd the fage's mind, Renew'd at every glance... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...pierce each Scene with philofophic Eye. To tbee were folemn Toys or empty Shew, The Robes of PJeafure and the Veils of Woe: All aid the Farce, and all thy...caufelefs, or whofe Griefs are vain. Such was the Scorn that fill'd the Sage's Mind, Renew'd at ev'ry Glance on human Kind; How juft that Scorn ere yet... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...pierce each hcene with phiiofophic Eye. To thee were fo'.emn Toys or empty Shew, The Robes of Pleafure and the Veils of Woe: All aid the Farce, and all thy Mirth maintain, VVhofe Joys are caufelefs, or whofe Griefs are vain. Such was the Scorn that fill'd the Sage's Mind,•... | |
 | 1782 - 500 pages
...pierce each fcene with philofophic eye. To thee were folemn toys or empty fhew, The robes of pleafure and the veils of woe : All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whofejoys are caufelefs, and whofe griefs are vain. Such was the fcorp that fill'd the fage's mind,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1782 - 410 pages
...and the veils of woe : All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whofe joys are caufelefs, and whofe griefs are vain. Such was the fcorn that fill'd the fage's mind, Renew 'd at every glance on humankind; How juft that fcorn ere yet thy voice declare, Search every... | |
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The robes of pleasure and the veils of woe: All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whose joys are causeless, or whose griefs are vain. Such was the scorn that... 
