| Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 pages
...pierce each Icene with philofophic eye, To thee were i'olemn toys or empty üiow, The robes of plcafure and the veils of woe: All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whofe iovs arc caufclefs, or whole griefs nrc vain. Such wai the fccm th.it fill'd the läge's mind, Renew'd... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 422 pages
...nature to defcry, And pierce each fcene with philofophick eye, To thee were folemn toys, or empty mow. The robes of pleafure and the veils of woe-: All aid...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 ev'ry ftate, and canvafs ev'ry pray'r.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 pages
...nature to defcry, And pierce each fcene with philofophick eye, To thee were folemn toys, or empty fhow, The robes of pleafure and the veils of woe : .~\ All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, .+ ^& Whofe joys are caufelefs, or whofe griefs are vain. Such was the fcorn that fill'd the fage's... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 pages
...pierce each scene with philosophic eye, To thee were solemn toys or empty show, 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 fill'd the sage's mind,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 436 pages
...thee were folemn toys, or empty mow, • ':• •'. The robes of pleafure and the veils of woe : i; All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whofe...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 ev'ry ftate, and canvafs ev'ry pray'r.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 pages
...pierce each scene with philosophick eye, To thee were solemn toys, or empty show, 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 fill'd the sage's mind,... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...pierce each scene with philosophic eye. M2 To thee were solemn toys or empty show, The robes of pleasure and the veils of woe : All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whose joys are canseless, or whose griefs are vain . Such was the scorn that fit I'd the sage's mind,... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...pierce each scene with philosophic eye, To thee were solemn toys or cmptv show, The robes of pleasure 809 Whose joys are causeless, or whose griefs are vain. Such was the scorn that fill'd the sage's mind,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 206 pages
...pierce each scene with philosophic eye. To thee were solemn toys or empty show, The robes of pleasure and the veils of woe : All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Wh.osc joys are causeless, or whose griefs are vain. Such was the scorn that fill'd the sage's mind,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1816 - 298 pages
...tainted gales : Few know the toiling (talesman's fear or care, Th' infidious rival, and the gaping heir. All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whofe...the fcorn that fill'd the fage's mind, Renew'd at every glancs on human kind : How juft that fcorn ere yet thy voice declare,. . Search every ftate,... | |
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