 | BATH - 1773 - 118 σελίδες
...following : In memory of Mr. JAMES QUIN, who died in the . . year 1766, aged 73. That tongue, lubichfet the table on a roar, And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more : Clos'd are thofe eyes, the harbingers of wit, Which fpake before the tongue whan Shakefpeare writ : Cold is that... | |
 | John Almon - 1786 - 480 σελίδες
...old Quin fliall die A mummy ready made. EPITAPH ON MR. QJJ I N. BY THE SAME. 1 HAT tongue, which fet the table on a roar, And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more ! dos'd are thofe eyes, the harbingers of wit, Which fpoke, before the tongue, what Shakefpeire writ.... | |
 | 1789 - 388 σελίδες
...initials DG inof " James Quin," would be equally applicable to the writer, « THAT tongue which fet the table on a roar, « And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more; ' Clos'd are thofe eyes, the harbingers of wit, ' Which fpake before the tongue what Shakefpeare writ: ' Cold is... | |
 | James Thomas Kirkman - 1799 - 510 σελίδες
...Abbey Church to 'his memory; it bears the following infcription : " That tongue which Jet the table in a roar, And charm'd the Public ear, is heard no more ; Clos'd are thofe eyes, the harbingers of wit. Which fpake before the tongue, what Shakfpeare writ ; Cold is that... | |
 | 1802 - 314 σελίδες
...D. G. inflead of " James Quin," would be equally applicable to the writer. " That tongue which fat the table on a roar, And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more ; Clos'd are thofe eyes, the harbingers of wit, Which fpake before the tongue what Shakefpeare writ: Cold is that... | |
 | Select collection - 1806 - 262 σελίδες
...Stevens. .eeond Alexander here lies dead, ABBEY CHURCH, BATH-. On James Quin, the celebrated Actor. That tongue, which set the table on a roar, And charm'd...harbingers of wit, "Which spoke, before the tongue, what Shakespear writ; Clos'd are those hands, which living were stretch'd forth, At friendship's call, to... | |
 | John Feltham - 1813 - 368 σελίδες
...mortality. Some of the inscriptions are elegant : we select one to the memory of the facetious James Quin. That tongue which set the table on a roar, And charm'd...Clos'd are those eyes, the harbingers of wit, Which spake, before the tongue, what Shakspeare writ. Cold is that hand, which living was stretch'd forth,... | |
 | John Britton - 1813 - 804 σελίδες
...tablet below is the following inscription : That tongue which set the table on a roar, And chann'd the public ear, is heard no more ; Clos'd are those eyes, the harbingers of wit, Which .(pake, before the tougnr, what Shakespeare writ; Cold is that hand, which living was stretch'd forth,... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1813 - 696 σελίδες
...half-length figure of the witty and celebrated Quin. On a tablet below is the following inscription : That tongue which set the table on a roar, And charm'd the public car, is heard no more ; Clos'd are those eyes, the harbingers of wit. Which spake, before the tongue,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 σελίδες
...on James Quin J, in Bath Cathedral. GARRICK. THAT tongue, which set the table in a roar, And charm'u the public ear, is heard no more : Clos'd are those eyes, the. harbingers of wit, Which s|x>ke, before the tongue, what Sliakspeare writ. Cold are those hands, which living were stretch'd... | |
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That tongue which set the table on a roar, And charm'd the public ear, is heard no more ! Clos'd are those eyes, the harbingers of wit Which spoke, before the tongue, what Shakespeare writ ; Cold are those hands, which, living, were stretched forth At... 
