 ... cries. Ease, nature, grace, are now neglected all, For he acts best who can the loudest bawl ; Or by a squint, or grin, or squeak engage, To fright astonish'd reason from the stage. Ill fares the town to vicious tastes a prey, Where op'ras multiply,...  The Devil [by C. Dibdin]. - Page 77Full view - About this book
 | Henry Charles William Angelo - 1828 - 532 pages
...to vicious tastes a prey, Where op'ras multiply, and plays decay ; Pageants and shows may flourish or may fade, A puff can make them, as a puff has made, But well-writ plays, the stage's noblest pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supply'd. Time has been,... | |
 | Henry Angelo - 1830 - 564 pages
...to vicious tastes a prey, Where op'ras multiply, and plays decay ; Pageants and shows may flourish or may fade, A puff can make them, as a puff has made, But well- writ plays, the stage's noblest pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supply'd. Time has been, ere monopoly began, An author... | |
 | 1886 - 300 pages
...to vicious tastes a prey, Where op'ras multiply, and plays decay ; Pageants and shows may flourish or may fade, A puff can make them, as a puff has made, But well-writ plays, the stage's noblest pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. Sweet was the... | |
 | John Robert Robinson - 1894 - 308 pages
...town, to various tastes a prey, Where Opera's multiply and Plays decay. Pageants and shows may flourish or may fade, A puff can make them, as a puff has made ; But well-writ plays, the stage's noblest pride. When once destroyed, can never be supply'd. Time has been,... | |
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