 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 208 pages
...change of many-colomM life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. His powerful strokes presiding truth impress'd, And uuresisted passion storm'd the breast. Then Jonson... | |
 | Artists - 1812 - 474 pages
...of many-colour'd life he drew, " Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new : " Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, " And panting Time toil'd after him in vain : "His pow'rful strokes presiding truth confess'd, " And unresisted passion storm'd the breast." \ From that period... | |
 | 1812 - 318 pages
...change of many-colonr'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new ; Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain, His powerful strokes presiding truth cotifess'd, And unresisted passion storm'd the breast. The description... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 370 pages
...change of mariy-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. His powerful strokes presiding Truth impress'd, And unresisted Passion storm'd the breast. Then Jonson... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new. Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. His pow'rful strokes presiding Truth impress'd, And unresisted Passion storm'd the breast. Then Jonson came, instructed... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 676 pages
...change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain : His pow'rful strokes presiding truth impress'd, And unresisted passion storm'd the breast. JOHNSON. Upon Shakspeare's... | |
 | Theater - 1821 - 436 pages
...change of many-coloured life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagined new ; Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. His powerful strokes presiding truth impress")], And unresisting passion storm'd the breast." DR. JOHNSON.... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 292 pages
...change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagined new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. His powerful strokes presiding truth impress'd, And unresisted passion storm'd the breast. Then Jonson... | |
 | William Banks - English language - 1823 - 462 pages
...change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds and then imagined new ; Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain ; His powerful strokes presiding truth impress'd, And unresisted passion storm'd the breast." THE END. LONDON... | |
 | 1824 - 312 pages
...change of many-colour'd life he drew. Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new; Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting time toil'd after him in vain; His powerful strokes presiding truth T» impress'd, And unresisted passion gtorm'd the breast." William... | |
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WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after... 
