 | Actors - 1766 - 128 pages
...never stands.' " WB EPITAPH ON MR. QUIN. Written by Mr. Gar rick. " That tongue, which set the table on a roar And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more...Clos'd are those eyes, the harbingers of wit, Which spoke, before the tongue, what Shakespeare writ, Cold are those hands, which, living, were stretch'... | |
 | BATH - Bath (England) - 1773 - 118 pages
...memory of Mr. JAMES QUIN, who died in the . . year 1766, aged 73. That tongue, lubichfet the table on a roar, And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more : Clos'd are thofe eyes, the harbingers of wit, Which fpake before the tongue whan Shakefpeare writ : Cold is that... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1789 - 388 pages
...inof " James Quin," would be equally applicable to the writer, « THAT tongue which fet the table on a roar, « And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more; ' Clos'd are thofe eyes, the harbingers of wit, ' Which fpake before the tongue what Shakefpeare writ: ' Cold is... | |
 | James Thomas Kirkman - Theater - 1799 - 510 pages
...erefted in the Abbey Church to 'his memory; it bears the following infcription : " That tongue which Jet the table in a roar, And charm'd the Public ear, is heard no more ; Clos'd are thofe eyes, the harbingers of wit. Which fpake before the tongue, what Shakfpeare writ ; Cold is that... | |
 | 1802 - 314 pages
...inflead of " James Quin," would be equally applicable to the writer. " That tongue which fat the table on a roar, And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more ; Clos'd are thofe eyes, the harbingers of wit, Which fpake before the tongue what Shakefpeare writ: Cold is that... | |
 | Select collection - Epitaphs - 1806 - 262 pages
...dead, ABBEY CHURCH, BATH-. On James Quin, the celebrated Actor. That tongue, which set the table on a roar, And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more...Clos'd are those eyes, the harbingers of wit, "Which spoke, before the tongue, what Shakespear writ; Clos'd are those hands, which living were stretch'd... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1813 - 696 pages
...the following inscription : That tongue which set the table on a roar, And charm'd the public car, is heard no more ; Clos'd are those eyes, the harbingers of wit. Which spake, before the tongue, what Shakespeare writ ; Cold is that hand, which living was stretch d forth, At friendship's call to succour... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1813 - 804 pages
...tablet below is the following inscription : That tongue which set the table on a roar, And chann'd the public ear, is heard no more ; Clos'd are those eyes, the harbingers of wit, Which .(pake, before the tougnr, what Shakespeare writ; Cold is that hand, which living was stretch'd forth,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...on James Quin J, in Bath Cathedral. GARRICK. THAT tongue, which set the table in a roar, And charm'u the public ear, is heard no more : Clos'd are those eyes, the. harbingers of wit, Which s|x>ke, before the tongue, what Sliakspeare writ. Cold are those hands, which living were stretch'd... | |
 | Thomas Davies - Theater - 1818 - 312 pages
...ready made. Epitaph an Mr. Quin by Mr. Garrick, engraved vpon his monument in the Abbey Church at Bath. That tongue which set the table in a roar, And charm'd the publick ear, is heard no more : Clos'd are those eyes, the harbingers of wit, Which spake before the... | |
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Cold is that hand, which living was stretch'd forth, At friendship's call, to succour modest worth. Here lies James Quin — deign reader to be taught, Whate'er thy strength of body, force of thought, In Nature's... 
