 | Decimus Junius Juvenalis - 1784 - 446 pages
...fcene with philofophic eye. To thee were folemn toys or empty (hew, The robes of pleafure and the vails 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 filPd the fage's mind, Renew'd at every glance on... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1785 - 222 pages
...nature to decry, And pierce each fcene with philofophic eye. To thee were folemn toys or empty fliow, The robes of pleafure and the veils of woe : All aid...Whofe joys are caufelefs, or whofe griefs are vain, t 7*r. »3— »7. § fir. 48—55. Such was the fcorn that fill'd the fage's mind, Renew'd at ev'ry... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 pages
...pierce each fcene with philofophick eye. To thee were folemn toys or empty Ihow, The robes of pleafurc and the veils of woe : All aid the farce, and all...fill'd the fage's mind, Renew'd at ev'ry glance on human kind ; How juft that fcorn ere yet thy voice declare, Search every ftate, and canvais ev'ry pray'r.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...nature to defcry, And pierce each icene with philoibphick eye. To thee were folemn toys or empty {how, The robes of pleafure and the veils of woe : < All...all thy mirth maintain, Whofe joys are caufelefs, or whole griefs are vain. Such was the icorn that fill'd the fage's mind, Renew'd at ev'ry glance on human... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 pages
...nature to defcry, And pierce each fcene with philofophick eye. To thee were folemn toys or empty fliow, The robes of pleafure and the veils of woe : All aid the farce, and all thy mirih maintain, Whofe joys are caufelefs, or wliofe griefs are vain. Such was the fcorn that fill'd... | |
 | Eschenburg - 1788 - 472 pages
...philofophic eye. To thee were folemn toys or empty fhow The robes of pleafure, and the veihrofwoe: 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 iage's mind, Renew'd at ev'ry glance... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1789 - 248 pages
...^Vtr. 28 55. Such was the fcorn that fill'd the fage's mind, Renew'd at ev'ry glance on human kind ; How juft that fcorn ere yet thy voice declare, Search every ftate, and canvafs ev'ry pray'r. * Unnumber'd fuppliants crowd Preferment's gate, Athirft for wealth, and burning to be great;... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 428 pages
...pierce each scene with philosophic eye. To thee were solemn toys or empty shew, _ The robes of pleasure and the veils of woe : All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whose joys are causeless, and whose griefs are vaiiK Such was the scorn that fill'd the sage's mind,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 370 pages
...nature to defcry, And pierce each fcene with philofbphick eye. To thee were folemn toys or empty fhow, The robes of pleafure and the veils of woe : All aid...the fcorn that fill'd the fage's mind, Renew'd at every glance on human kind ; How juft that fcorn ere yet thy voice declare, Search every ftate, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 pages
...nature to delcry, And pierce each fcene with philoiophick eye ? To thee were folemn toys, or empty mow, The robes of pleafure and the veils of woe : All aid the farce, and ali thy mirth mantain, Whofe joys are caufelefs, or whole griefs are vain. Such was the fcorn that... | |
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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... 
