 | Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy - 1783 - 213 стор.
...cannot laugh : And, as Sir William Davenant obferves, in his Preface to Gondibert, " It is the wifdom of a government to permit Plays," (he might have added...is the prudence of a carter to put bells upon his horfes to make them carry their burdens chearfully." I have already fhewn, that one main end of Poetry... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1798
...laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness. Beast* cart wee£ when they suffer, but they cannot laugh: and, as Sir...put bells upon his horses to make them carry their burdens chearfully," J have already shewn, that one main end of Poetry and Painting is to please, and... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 стор.
...all, it is a good thing to laugh at any rate ; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness. Beasts can weep, when they suffer, but...of ' a government to permit plays, (he might have c added — farces,) as it is the prudence of a carter to ' put bells upon his horses, to make them... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800
...all, it is a good thing to laugh at any rate ; arid if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness. Beasts can weep, when they suffer, but they cannot laugh. And as Sir William Daveflant observes in his Preface to GONDIBEUT, ' It is the wisdom of * a government to permit plays,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800
...a man, it is an instrument of happiness. Beasts can weep, when they suffer, but they cannot laughi And as Sir William Davenant observes in his Preface to GONDIBERT, ' It is the wisdom of fa government to permit plays, (he might have ' added — farces,) as it is the prudence of a carter... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801
...all, it is a good thing to laugh at any rate ; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness. Beasts can weep when they suffer, but...put bells upon his horses to make them carry their burdens cheerfully." I have already shown, that one main end of Poetry and Painting is to please, and... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801
...all, it is a good thing to laugh at any rate ; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness. Beasts can weep when they suffer, but...put bells upon his horses to make them carry their burdens cheerfully." I have already shown, that one main end of Poetry and Painting is to please, and... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808
...all, it is a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness. Beasts can weep when they suffer,, but...as Sir William D'Avenant observes in his Preface to " Gonclibert," " It is the wisdom of a government to permit plavs, (he might have added — farces,)... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809
...all, it is a good thing to laugh at any rate ; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of' happiness. Beasts can weep when they suffer, but...put bells upon his horses to make them carry their burdens cheerfully." I have already shown, that one main end of Poetry and Painting is to please, and... | |
 | William Mason - 1811
...all, it is a good thing to laugh at any rate ; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness. Beasts can weep when they suffer, but...farces,) as it is the prudence of a carter to put bell* VOL. III. O upon his horses to make them carry their burden* cheerfully." I have already shown,... | |
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After all, it is a good thing to laugh at any rate ; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness. Beasts can weep when they suffer, but they cannot laugh: and, as Sir William Davenant observes, in his Preface to Gondibert, " It is... 
