 But deeds and language such as men do use, And persons such as Comedy would choose, When she would show an image of the times. And sport with human follies, not with crimes; Except we make 'em such, by loving still Our popular errors, when we know they're...  A Short History of the English Drama - Sida 94efter Benjamin Brawley - 1921 - 260 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 432 sidor
...heard To say, it thunders ; nor tempestuous drum Humbles, to telt you when the storm doth come 5 But deeds, and language, such as men do use. And persons, such as comedy would chuse ; When she would shew an image of the times, And sport with human follies, not with crimes ;... | |
 | 1808 - 546 sidor
...and to win them by ridicule from buffoonery, bombast, and empty machinery, % V 1 en she wonld shew an image of the times ; And sport with human follies, not with crimes :" ' — the legal and genuine purpose of dramatic representation, and such appears to have been Jonson's... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 696 sidor
...heard To say, it thunders ; nor tempestuous drum Rumbles, to tell you when the storm doth come; But deeds, and language, such as men do use, And persons, such as comedy would choose, When she would shew an image of the times, And sport with human follies, not with crimes; Except we make 'em such,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 698 sidor
...heard To say, it thunders ; nor tempestuous drum Rumbles, to tell you when the storm doth come) But deeds, and language, such as men do use, And persons, such as comedy would choose, When she would shew an image of the times, And sport with human follies, not with crimes; Except we make 'em such,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 690 sidor
...heard To say, it thunders ; nor tempestuous drum Rumbles, to tell you when the storm doth come; But deeds, and language, such as men do use, And persons, such as comedy would choose, When she would shew an image of the times, And sport with human follies, not with crimes; Except we make 'em such,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 780 sidor
...heard To say, it thunders; nor tempestuous drum Rumbles, to tell you when the storm doth come ; But deeds, and language, such as men do use, And persons, such as Comedy would chuse, VV hen she would shew an image of the times, And sport with human follies, not with crimes.'... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 538 sidor
...heard To say, it thunders ; nor tempestuous drum Rumbles, to tell you when the storm doth come ; But deeds, and language, such as men do use, And persons, such as comedy would choose, When she would sheto an image of the times, And sport with human follies, not with crimes? * This Prologue, which... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 432 sidor
...heard To say, it thunders; nor tempestuous drum Rumbles, to tell you when the storm doth come; But deeds, and language, such as men do use. And persons, such as comedy would chuse, * When she would shew an image of the times, And sport with human follies, not with crimes;... | |
 | 1825 - 338 sidor
...2, 1825. VOL. I. OF •wxx.x.IAin OXBEH.BY, A person such as comedy would chuse, When she would shew an image of the times, And sport with human follies — not with crimes. THERE is a feeling connected with death, that would fain treat this memoir with serious attention ;... | |
 | 1821 - 464 sidor
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