 Herculean satirist, this drawcansir in wit, that spared neither friend' nor foe ; who, to make his poetical fame immortal, like another Erostratus, set fire to his stage, by writing up to an act of parliament to demolish it.  The Theatrical times - Página 921848Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Colley Cibber - 1740 - 524 páginas
...fpared neither Friend nor Foe! who, to make his Poetical Fame immortal, like another Erc/fratus, fet Fire to his Stage, by writing up to an Act of Parliament to demo^ lifh it. I fhall not give the particular Strokes of his Ingenuity a Chance to be remembfed, by... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1750 - 594 páginas
...fpared neither Friend nor Foe ! who, to make his Poetical f ame immortal, like another Eroftratus, fet Fire to his Stage, by writing up to an Act of Parliament to demolifh it. I fhall not give the particular Strokes of his Ingenuity a Chance to be remem* bred, by... | |
 | 1766 - 128 páginas
...in wit, that spared neither friend nor foe ; who to make his fame immortal, like another Erostratus, set fire to his stage, by writing up to an act of parliament to demolish it. The most remarkable of these politico-satyrical pieces were Pasquin, The Historical Register, and Eurydice... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1822 - 564 páginas
...that spared neither friend nor foe; who, to make his poetical fame immortal, like another Erostratus, set fire to his stage, by writing up to an act of parliament to demolish it. I shall not give the particular strokes of his ingenuity a chance to be remembered, by reciting them... | |
 | 1826 - 362 páginas
...spared neither friend' nor foe ; who, to make his poetical fame immortal, like another Erostratus, set fire to his stage, by writing up to an act of parliament to demolish it. I shall not give the particular strokes of his ingenuity a chance to be remembered by reciting them... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1826 - 358 páginas
...that spared neither friend nor foe ; who, to make his poetical fame immortal, like another Erostratus, set fire to his stage, by writing up to an act of parliament to demolish it. I shall not give the particular strokes of his ingenuity a chance to be remembered by reciting them... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1860 - 528 páginas
...in wit, who spared neither friend nor foe ; who, to make his fame immortal, like another Erostratus, set fire to his stage by writing up to an Act of Parliament to demolish it." Wulpole made no direct attack upon " Pasquin ;" but having obtained, from the manager of Goodman's... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1883 - 214 páginas
...Satyrist," a " Drawcansir in Wit " — " who, to make his Poetical Fame immortal, like another Erostratus, set Fire to his Stage, by writing up to an Act of Parliament to demolish it. I shall not," he continues, " give the particular Strokes of his Ingenuity a Chance to be remembered,... | |
 | Joseph H. Beale - 1884 - 1152 páginas
...in wit, who spared neither friend nor foe ; who, to make his fame immortal, like another Erostratus, set fire to his stage by writing up to an act of parliament to demolish it." Walpole made no direct attack upon " Pasquin ; " but having obtained, from the manager of Goodman's... | |
 | 1887 - 124 páginas
...in wit, that spared neither friend nor foe; who to make his fame immortal, like another Erostratus, set fire to his stage, by writing up to an act of parliament to demolish it. The most remarkable of these politico-satyrical pieces were Pasquin, The Historical Register, and Eurydice... | |
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