 | Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy - Art - 1783 - 248 pages
...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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...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...bells upon his horses, to make them carry * their burthens cheerfully.' I have already shewn, that one main end of poetry and painting is to please,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...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...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, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 670 pages
...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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 pages
...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, (he might have 1 added — farcesy) as it is the prudence of a carter to 'put bells upon his hofses, to make them... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 392 pages
...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...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 have... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1801 - 388 pages
...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...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 have... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 516 pages
...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...put bells upon his horses, to make them carry their burthens cheerfully." I have already shewn, that one main end of poetry and painting is to please,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 518 pages
...laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument 7 of happiness. Beasts can weep when they suffer, but they cannot laugh. And as Sir...put bells upon his horses, to make them carry their burthens cheerfully." I have already shewn, that one main end of poetry and painting is to please,... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 518 pages
...at any rate ; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument 7 of happiness. Beasts can weep when they suffer, but they cannot laugh. And as Sir...put bells upon his horses, to make them carry their burthens cheerfully." I have already shewn, that one main end of poetry and painting is to please,... | |
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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 D'Avenant observes in his Preface to " Gondibert," " It... 
