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" And every charm of gentler eloquenceAll perifhable !— like th' electric fire, But ftrike the frame — and as they ftrike expire ; Incenfe too pure a bodied flame to bear, Its fragrance charms the fenfe, and blends with air... "
The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature - Page 433
edited by - 1785
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 60

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1779 - 616 pages
...fenfe, And every CHARM of gentler ELOQUENCE — All perilhable !— like th' eleftric fire But ftrike the frame — and as they ftrike expire ; Incenfe...pure a bodied flame to bear, Its fragrance charms the fenfc, and blends with air.' Some particular lines and exprcflions might, perhaps, afford matter of...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volume 60

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1779 - 598 pages
...perishable !—like th' eleilric fire But ftrike the frame—and аз they lirike expire; Incenfe too pore a bodied flame to bear, Its fragrance charms the fenfe, and blends with air.' Some particular lines and cxpreilions might, perhaps, afford matter of cavil, and the fubjeit may,...
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The New Foundling Hospital for Wit: Being a Collection of Fugitive ..., Volume 1

John Almon - English literature - 1786 - 528 pages
...the fenfe> And every charm of gentler eloquenceAll perifhable !— like th' electric fire, But ftrike the frame — and as they ftrike expire ; Incenfe...eyes ;— Where is the bleft memorial that enfures OurGarrick's fame ? — whofe is the truft ? — 'tis youi t* And O ! by every charm his art eflayM...
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The New Foundling Hospital for Wit: Being a Collection of Fugitive ..., Volume 1

John Almon - English literature - 1786 - 338 pages
...eloquenceAll perifliable I— like th' electric fire, But ftrike the frame — and as they ftrike expire ; Its fragrance charms the fenfe, and blends with air....enfures Our Garrick's fame ? — whofe is the truft ? — 'tisyours* And O ! by every charm his art eflay'd To footh your cares 1 — by every grief allay'd...
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Poems Selected and Printed by a Small Party of English, who Made this ...

1792 - 112 pages
...the fenfe And ev'ry charm of gentle eloquence, All perishable! — like th' electric fire But'ftrike the frame, and as they ftrike, expire; Incenfe too...Our Garrick's fame ?— whofe is the truft?— 'tis yours. And O ! by ev'ry charm his art effayM To footh your cares ! by ev'ry grief allay'd ! By the...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for ...

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...and, as they ftrike, expiie ; [nccnfe too pure a bodied fbinc to bear, It= fragrance charms the lenfe, and blends with air. Where then, while funk in cold decay he lies, And pale ecliple for ever veils thofe eves ; Where is the blcft memorial that cufures Our Garrick's fame Î...
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Memoirs of the Life of Charles Macklin, Esq: Principally Compiled from His ...

James Thomas Kirkman - Theater - 1799 - 510 pages
...(cute, And ev'ry charm of gentle eloquence, All peTifhable !— like th' eleftric fire, But ftrike the frame, and as they ftrike, expire ; Incenfe too...Where then, while funk in cold decay he lies, And pale edipfe for ever veils thofe eyes; Where is the bleft memorial thatenfu'res Our Garrick's fame ? —...
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The Life of David Garrick, Volume 1

Arthur Murphy - 1801 - 544 pages
...ev'ry charm of gentler eloquence* All perifhable!—like the ele&ric fire But ftrike the framej andj as they ftrike, expire ! Incenfe too pure a bodied flame to bear ; It's fragrance charms the fenfe, and blends with airWhere then, while funk in cold decay he lies,...
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The New England Quarterly Magazine, Volume 2

1802 - 308 pages
...refign'd, " Noßx'Jefiä, no model leaves behind. M " All perifhable ! like the eleoric fire, " But ftrike the frame, and as they ftrike expire : " Incenfe too...fragrance charms the fenfe, and blends with air." SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF MADAM DE STAËL. Prefixed to her Treatift on tie Influence of tie Pajjions. *...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 22

History - 1802 - 684 pages
...periihable ¡—like the eleilric fire But It r ike the frame — and, as they, (hike, expire ; Jncenfe too pure a bodied flame to bear, Its fragrance charms the fenfe, and blends with air. We are obliged to the Writer of the Elegy on the Marchionefs of TavHtock* for the following original...
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