 | Spectator The - 1857 - 780 pages
...wai rapacious and imperial, into an eagle; and the soul of Thersites, who was a mimic and a buffoon into a monkey. Mr. Congreve, in a prologue to one...May now be damn'd to animate an ass; Or in this very hruMe. for aught we know, Is doing painful penance in aoino beau. I shall fill up this paper with some... | |
 | English drama - 1859 - 824 pages
...men again. Methinks, we players resemble such a soul ; That does from bodies, we from houses stroll. Thus Aristotle's soul, of old that was, May now be...damn'd to animate an ass ; Or In this very house, for ought we know, is doing painful penance in some beau ; And, thus our audience, which did once resort... | |
 | English drama - 1859 - 838 pages
...men again. Methinks, we players resemble such a soul ; That does from bodies, we from houses stroll. Thus Aristotle's soul, of old that was, May now be damn'd to animate an as* ; Or 01 tin- very house, for ought we know, li doing painful penance in some beau ; And thus our... | |
 | William Wycherley, William Congreve, Leigh Hunt, Sir John Vanbrugh - English drama - 1866 - 768 pages
...men again. Methinkstwe players resemble such a soul ; That, does from bodies, we from houses stroll. Thus Aristotle's soul, of old that was, May now be damn'd to animate an uss ; Or in this very house, for aught we know, Is doing painful penance in some beau : And thus, our... | |
 | William Wycherley - 1875 - 770 pages
...men again. Methinks, we players resemble such a soul ; That, does from bodies, we from houses stroll. of our own that make us more sport, child. And so let's in, and conside au ; 'Exeunt ..мне*. Or in this тегу house, for aught we know, Is doing painful penance in some... | |
 | WILLIAM CONGREVE - 1887 - 556 pages
...does from bodies, we from houses stroll. Thus Aristotle's soul, of old that was, May now be damned to animate an ass ; Or in this very house, for aught we know, Is doing painful penance in some beau: And thus, our audience, which did once resort To shining theatres to see our sport, Now find us tossed... | |
 | William Congreve - English drama - 1888 - 540 pages
...does from bodies, we from houses stroll. Thus Aristotle's soul, of old that was, May now be damned to animate an ass ; Or in this very house, for aught we know, Is doing painful penance in some beau : And thus, our audience, which did once resort To shining theatres to see our sport, Now find us tossed... | |
 | Robert William Lowe - Actors - 1891 - 210 pages
...again. Methinks, we Players resemble such a Soul. That, does from Bodies ; we, from Houses Strole. Thus Aristotle's Soul, of old that was, May now be...aught we know, Is doing painful Penance in some Beau : And thus, our Audience, which did once resort To shining Theatres, to see our Sport, Now find us... | |
 | William Wheeler - Spectator - 1892 - 200 pages
...wife of Cyrus. Story of. 803-1-5. Arbitration in international disputes, Essay 48 1,/. 688, and notes. Thus Aristotle's soul of old that was, May now be damn'd to animate an ass ; Arcadia, Pembroke's. In Leonora's Library. 62-2. Archelaus. Vision of his daughter Glaphyra. 169-2-2.... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 420 pages
...aloft without the use of reason, are the materials Mr. Congreve, in a prologue to one of his comedies,1 has touched upon this doctrine with great humour :...Thus Aristotle's soul, of old that was, May now be damned to animate an ass ; Or in this very house, for aught we know, Is doing painful penance in some... | |
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Thus Aristotle's soul, of old that was, May now be damn'd to animate an ass ; Or in this very house, for ought we know, Is doing painful penance in some beau. 
