 | Collection - 1755 - 378 էջ
...nature to decry, And pierce each fcene with philofophic eye. T To fhee were folemn toys or empty fhew, The robes of pleafure and the veils of woe: All aid...juft that fcorn ere yet thy voice declare, Search every ftate, and canvafs ev'ry pray'r. * Unnumber'd fuppliants croud Preferment's gate, Athirft for... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 384 էջ
...nature to decry, And pierce each fcene with philofophic eye. To thee were folemn toys or empty mew, The robes of pleafure and the veils of woe : All aid...griefs are vain. Such was the fcorn that fill'd the rage's mind, Renew'd at ev'ry glance on humankind ; How juft that fcorn ere yet thy voice declare,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 412 էջ
...to decry, . " And pierce each fcene with philofophic eyo. To thee were folemn toys or empty mew, . The robes of pleafure and the veils of woe : All aid...all thy mirth maintain, Whofe joys are caufelefs, and whofe griefs are vain. Such was the fcorn that fill'd the fage's mind, Renew'd at every glance... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 էջ
...pierce each fcene with philofophic eye. To thee were folemn toys or empty mew* * The robes of pleafqre and the veils of woe : All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whofe joys are caufelefs, and whofe griefs are vain. Such was the fcorn that fill'd the fage's mind, Renew'd at every glance... | |
 | 1765 - 414 էջ
...and the veils of woe : All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whofe joys are caufelefs, and whofe griefs are vain. Such was the fcorn that fill'd the fage's mind, Renew'd at every glance on humankind j How juft that fcorn ere yet thy voice declare, Search every ftate, and... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1770 - 402 էջ
...nature to decry, And pierce each fcene with philofophic eye. To thee were folemn toys or empty fhew, The robes of pleafure and the veils of woe : All aid...all thy mirth maintain, Whofe joys are caufelefs, and whofe griefs are vain. Such was the fcorn that fill'd the fage's mind, Renew'd at every glance... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 412 էջ
...Nature to decry, And pierce each Scene with philofophic Eye. To thee were folemn Toys or empty Shew, The Robes of Pleafure and the Veils of Woe: All aid...caufelefs, or whofe Griefs are vain. Such was the Scorn that fill'd the Sage's Mind, Renew'd at ev'ry Glance on human Kind ; How juft that Scorn ere... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 էջ
...pierce each Scene with philofophic Eye. To tbee were folemn Toys or empty Shew, The Robes of PJeafure and the Veils of Woe: All aid the Farce, and all thy...caufelefs, or whofe Griefs are vain. Such was the Scorn that fill'd the Sage's Mind, Renew'd at ev'ry Glance on human Kind; How juft that Scorn ere yet... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 էջ
...Nature to decry, And pierce each hcene with phiiofophic Eye. To thee were fo'.emn Toys or empty Shew, The Robes of Pleafure and the Veils of Woe: All aid the Farce, and all thy Mirth maintain, VVhofe Joys are caufelefs, or whofe Griefs are vain. Such was the Scorn that fill'd the Sage's Mind,•... | |
 | 1782 - 500 էջ
...nature to decry, And pierce each fcene with philofophic eye. To thee were folemn toys or empty fhew, The robes of pleafure and the veils of woe : All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whofejoys are caufelefs, and whofe griefs are vain. Such was the fcorp that fill'd the fage's mind,... | |
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The robes of pleasure and the veils of woe: All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whose joys are causeless, or whose griefs are vain. Such was the scorn that... 
