 | John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 300 pages
...and curs, Judging spf&atcrs; and desire in place, To the author justice, to ourselves but grace. Our scene is London, 'cause we would make known, No country's...'squire, impostor, many persons more, Whose manners, now cali'd humours, feed the stage; And which have, still been subjttt Jar the rage Or spleen of comic... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...and desire in place, To the author justice, to ourselves but grace. Our scene is London, 'cause tue would make known, No country's mirth is better than...'squire, impostor, many persons more, Whose manners, now calCd humours, feed the stage; And which have still been subjcft for the rage Or spleen of comic writers.... | |
 | John Milton - English drama - 1797 - 484 pages
...place, To the author justice, to ourselves but grace. Our scene is London, 'cause we would mahe hnown, No country's mirth is better than our own : No clime....squire, impostor, many persons more, Whose manners, now caWd humours, feed the stage; And which have still been subjecj for the. rage Or spleen of comic writers.... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1811 - 690 pages
...ours, Judging spectators : and desire in place, To th" author justice, to ourselves but grace. Our scene is London, 'cause we would make known, No country's...have still been subject, for the rage Or spleen of comic-writers, though this pen Did never aim to grieve, but better men ; Howe'er the age he lives in,... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 696 pages
...Our scene is London, 'cause we would make known, 4o country's mirth is better than our own. No dime breeds better matter for your whore, Bawd, squire,...stage: And which have still been subject, for the rage comic-writers. Though this pea Did never aim to grieve, but better men ; Howe'er the age he lives in,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1811 - 698 pages
...ours, Jiulging spectators : and desire in place, To th' author justice, to ourselves but grace. Our scene is London, 'cause we would make known, No country's mirth is better than our own. N'o dime breeds better matter for your whore, Bawd, squire, impostor, many persons more, Whose manners,... | |
 | Robert Nares - English language - 1859 - 502 pages
...of feeding a mouture. That the term humours was substituted for that of manners, he also notices : No clime breeds better matter for your whore, Bawd,...Whose manners, now call'd humours, feed the stage. Prologue to the Alchemist. HUMOROUS. Moist, humid. Come, he hath hid himself among those trees To be... | |
 | ROBERT NARES, A.M., F.R.S., F.A.S., - 1859 - 494 pages
...That the term humours was substituted for that of manners, he also notices : HUMOROUS. Moist, humid. No clime breeds better matter for your whore, Bawd,...impostor, many persons more, Whose manners, now call'd hur/iours, feed the stage. Prologue to the Alchemist. Come, he hath hid himself among those trees To... | |
 | Bernhard Freiherr von Tauchnitz - English literature - 1860 - 468 pages
...Author Justice, to our selves but Grace. Our Scene is LONDON, 'cause we would make known, No Countries Mirth is better than our own : No Clime breeds better...Whose Manners, now call'd Humours, feed the Stage; Or Spleen of Comick Writers. Tho' this Pen Did never aim to grieve, but better Men; Howe'er the Age... | |
 | 1902 - 524 pages
...giebt er über diese einmal Rechenschaft: Our Scone is London, 'cause we would make knowne No countries mirth is better than our own. No clime breeds better...And which have still been subject for the rage Or spleens of Comick writers. Von der Veränderung sind die Personen- und Lokalnamen betroffen. Den Personennamen... | |
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cause we would make known, No country's mirth is better than our own. No clime breeds better matter for your whore, Bawd, squire, impostor, many persons more, Whose manners, now called humours, feed the stage; And which have still been subject for the... 
