 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia), Lucy Aikin - 1825 - 422 halaman
...PROLOGUE TO A DRAMA, PERFORMED BY A FAMILY PARTY ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF MR. AND MRS. C.'S MARRIAGE " To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart," — Hold, hold ! that 's not my cue, we 've no intention By " tender strokes " to sharpen girls' invention... | |
 | 1826 - 434 halaman
...itself, which will be printed within a few days. PROLOGUE TO CATO. BY MR. POPE. SPOKEN BY MR. WILKS. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold : For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants... | |
 | Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1826 - 520 halaman
...new, something to please, and something to instruct;" and, lastly, in a fit of enthusiasm, exclaim, " To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold ;" For this great Jocko's self first leap'd the stage ; For this was pufiPd in ev'ry well-bribed page,... | |
 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - 1826 - 512 halaman
...Miss Lacy. Mrs. Faucit. ORIGINAL PROLOGUE TO CATO, WRITTEN BY Mil. POPE, AND SPOKEN BY MB. WII.KS. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...bold. Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold : For this the tragic muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants... | |
 | D R. Thomason - 1827 - 230 halaman
...benefits of the stage next demand discussion. The theatre has often been styled " the School of Morals." To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold ; For this the tragic muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream thro' every age; Tyrants... | |
 | 1828 - 714 halaman
...Stage was originally instituted, according to the beautiful and well-known description of Pope : " To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, aud be what they behold, For this the tragic Muse first trod the Stage, Commanding tears to flow, through... | |
 | 1828 - 758 halaman
...the Stage was originally instituted, according to the beautiful and well-known description of Pope : "To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...the heart, To make mankind in conscious virtue bold, JLive o'er each scene, and be what they behold, For this the tragic Muse first trod the Stage, Commanding... | |
 | 1828 - 342 halaman
...would be impossible to point out a truly virtuous character, or an elevated sentiment,— • , , " To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart." His men are either rakes or cuckolds ; and, if all his women be not absolute wantons (and Angelica... | |
 | Shakespeare club Sheffield - 1829 - 190 halaman
...according to Aristotle, " to purge out passions by means of pity and terror." According to Pope, it was " To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold." Such being the object and nature of the drama, he would ask, could it be censurable to support it ?... | |
 | 1829 - 506 halaman
...received decided him in his choice, and from that instant he determined " To wake the soul by gentle strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart." After leaving Birmingham, our hero performed with undiminished success at Liverpool, Dublin, Bath,... | |
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold... 
