| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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 ? —... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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. *... | |
| 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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