...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 the genius,...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...

...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 genius,...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...

...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 genius,...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...

...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...

...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 the genius,...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 ?...

...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,...

...o'er, The muse forgot, and thou beloved no more .' PROLOGUE To Mr. Addison's Tragedy of Colo. To wake try, and then raise a town. 190 You, too, proceed ! make falling arts your care, Erect new : For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age : Tyrants...

...triumph'd, where the patriot fail'd. AMBR. PHILIPS. PROLOGUE BY MR. POPE. SPOKEN BY MR. WILKS; To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius,...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...

...them. The objects of the drama cannot be better explained than io the following lines: — ' To wake the soul by tender strokes of art ; To raise the genius...in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and fie what they behold — For Ms the tragic nmtefirtl trod the itage.' And not only the tragic muse,...

...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 the genius,...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...