 | Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 Seiten
...refreshed by my extractgleanings ; well knowing, how As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedioa«. r 2 35 There are few persons to whom the return of Spring is not a source of delight, Even... | |
 | William Whewell - 1837 - 1048 Seiten
...precisely the case which the poet describes ; As in a theatre the eyes of men, After some well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : but our eyes are at least less intently bent on the astronomers who succeeded, and we attend to their... | |
 | William Whewell - 1837 - 556 Seiten
...precisely the case which the poet describes ; As in a theatre the eyes of men, After some well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : but our eyes are at least less intently bent on the astronomers who succeeded, and we attend to their... | |
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1838 - 708 Seiten
...regard what we deem a common-place preacher ? " As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that...to be tedious; Even so, or with much more contempt" — are men's eyes but too often turned upon the humble, devoted, though less gifted servant of Jesus.... | |
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1838 - 686 Seiten
...preacher ? " As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage. Are idly'bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious; Even so, or with much more contempt" — are men's eyes but too often turned upon the humble, devoted, though less gifted servant of Jesus.... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1838 - 606 Seiten
...know that after well-graced actors leave the stage, it is the habit of an audience to have their eyes idly bent on him that enters next, thinking his prattle to be tedious, it will not account for all. There is a great deal of verse existing, full of original thought, feeling,... | |
 | 1819 - 788 Seiten
...important objects are at band, it should appear " ' As in a theatre the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next. Thinking his prattler to be tedious :'— we shall, ' tans certmonic,' clear the boards, to make room for the entrance... | |
 | John Dryden - 1985 - 672 Seiten
...from pitty if you can. As in a Theatre, the eyes of men After a well-grac'd Actor leaves the Stage, 20 Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his...to be tedious: Even so, or with much more contempt, mens eyes Did scowl on Richard: no man cry'd God save him: No joyful tongue gave him his welcom home,... | |
 | Northrop Frye - 1988 - 196 Seiten
...nation is put by York into its proper context: As in a theatre the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next. (V.ii. 23-25) The illusion of movement in history corresponds to the processional aspect of a drama,... | |
 | Phyllis Rackin - 1990 - 276 Seiten
...attention to the mask of theatrical mediation: As in a theatre the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that...or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on gentle Richard. No man cried "God save him!" No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home, But dust was... | |
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As in a theatre the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious ; Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on gentle Richard : no man cried, God save... 
