 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 202 pages
...: Cold approbation gave the lingering bays ; For those who durst not censure, scarce conld praise. A mortal born, he met the general doom, But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb. The wits of Charles found easier ways to fame, Nor wish'd for Jonson's art, or Shakspeare's... | |
 | 1812 - 318 pages
...; Cold approbation gave the lingering bays ; For those who durst not censure, scarce could praise. A mortal born he met the general doom, But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb. A hasty survey of the wits of Charles's day follows, full of point, spirit, and critical... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1816 - 154 pages
...heart: Cold approbation gave the lingering bays; For those who durst not censure, scarce could praise: A mortal born, he met the general doom, But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb. The wits of Charles found easier ways to fame, Nor wished for Jonson's art, or Sliakspeare's... | |
 | Thomas Davies - Theater - 1818 - 262 pages
...heart : Cold approbation gave the ling'ring bays, For those who durst not censure, scarce could praise. A mortal born, he met the general doom, But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb. / The wits of Charles found easier wnys to fame, Nor wiah'd for Jonson's art, or Shakspeare's... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 292 pages
...heart: Cold approbation gave the lingering bays; For those who durst not censure, scarce could praise. A mortal born, he met the general doom, But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb. The wits of Charles found easier ways to fame, Nor wish'd for Jonson's art, or Shakspeare's... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American literature - 1824 - 140 pages
...: Cold approbation gave the lingering bays ; For those, who durst not censure, scarce could praise. A mortal born, he met the general doom, But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb. The wits of Charles found easier ways to fame, Nor wished for Jonson's art, or Shakspeare's... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...: Cold approbation gave the lingering bays ; For those who durst not censure, scarce could praise. A mortal born, he met the general doom, But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb. The wits of Charles found easier ways to fame, Nor wish'd for Jonson's art, or Shakspcare's... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 516 pages
...; Cold Approbation gave the ling'ring bays ; For those, who durst not censure, scarce could praise. A mortal born, he met the general doom, But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb." Da JOHNSON.] » I do not pretend to enter into the question of the effect of the drama... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...heart : Cold approbation gave the lingering bays, For those who durst not censure, scarce could praise. . lasting tonlb. The wits of Charles found easier ways to fame, Nor wished for Jonson's art, or Shakspeare's... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...heart : Cold approbation gave the lingering bays, For those who durst not censure, scarce could praise. + $p+ $ X+ $ lasting tomb. The wits of Charles found easier ways to fame, Nor wished for Jonson's art, or Shakspeare's... | |
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Then Jonson came, instructed from the school, To please in method, and invent by rule... 
