 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1758 - 384 pages
...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,... | |
 | English poetry - 1765 - 414 pages
...Attentive truth and nature to decry, And pierce each fcene with philofophic eye. To thee were folenan toys or empty fhew, The robes of pleafure and the...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... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1765 - 412 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1770 - 402 pages
...piercing gibe ? Attentive truth, and nature to decry, And pierce each fcene with philofophic eye. To thee were folemn toys or empty fhew, The robes of pleafure...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 - English literature - 1774 - 412 pages
...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 - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...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 - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...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,•... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1782 - 410 pages
...piercing gibe ? Attentive truth, and nature to decry, And pierce each fcene with philofophic eye. To thee were folemn toys or empty fhew, The robes of pleafure...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... | |
 | 1782 - 500 pages
...piercing gibe ? Attentive truth, and nature to decry, And pierce each fcene with philofophic eye. To thee were folemn toys or empty fhew, The robes of pleafure...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... 
