 | Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 566 pages
...known, -^ That men must bear your frowns whenever shewn > That they prefer all countries to their own. * PASQUIN: A DRAMATIC SATIRE ON THE TIMES: BEING THE REHEARSAL OF TWO PLAYS; A COMEDY, THE EkE£TIQN; AND A TRAGEDY, CALLED THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COMMON SENSE. Firtt acted in April,... | |
 | John Nichols - Authors, English - 1812 - 794 pages
...much happier in his next performance, which appeared at the Haymarket theatre in 1736*. This was " Pasquin," a dramatic satire on the" times : being...Tragedy, called " the Life and Death of Common Sense." Mr. Murphy is of opinion, that, if " Pasquin" were restored to the stage, it would perhaps be a more... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1821 - 850 pages
...Unmasked, a Farce. The Universal Gallant, or the Different Husbands, a Comedy, in Five Acts. Pasquín, a Dramatic Satire on the Times, being the Rehearsal of Two Plays, &c. The Historical Begister for 1736. Eurydice, a Farce. Eurydice Hiss'd, or a Word to the Wise. Tumble-down... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1821 - 846 pages
...Virgin Unmasked, a Farce. The Universal Gallant, or the Different Husbands, a Comedy, in Five Acts. Pasquin, a Dramatic Satire on the Times, being the Rehearsal of Two Pkys, &c. The Historical Register for 1736. Eurydice, a Farce. Eurydice Hiss'd, or a Word to the Wise.... | |
 | Walter Scott - Authors, English - 1825 - 260 pages
...Virgin Unmasked, a Farce. The Universal Gallant, or the Different Husbands, a Comedy, in Five Acts, Pasquin, a Dramatic Satire on the Times, being the "Rehearsal of Two Plays, &c. VOL. t. D The Historical Register, for 1736. Eurydice, a Farce. Eurydice Hiss'd, or a Word to the... | |
 | Henry Fielding, Walter Scott - England - 1831 - 564 pages
...Virgin Unmasked, a Farce. The Universal Gallant, or the Different Husbands, a Comedy, in Five Acts. Pasquin, a Dramatic Satire on the Times, being the Rehearsal of Two Plays, etc. The Historical Register, for 1736. Eurydice, a Farce. Eurydice Hiss'd, or a Word to the Wise.... | |
 | English literature - 1855 - 604 pages
...it by a sudden inspiration in another direction. Sir Robert Walpole was, at this time, at the height of his power, and was consequently the butt of much...for six successive weeks. It was a bold satire on Ill the system of bribery and ministerial corruption, mixed with personal allusions to people of note,... | |
 | Frederick Lawrence - Authors, English - 1855 - 430 pages
...were described in the playbills as having dropped from the clouds. His opening piece was entitled " Pasquin : a dramatic Satire on the Times ; being the...Tragedy called ' The Life and Death of Common Sense.' " A wide scope was here afforded for satirical allusions, and the scheme was at first successful beyond... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1856 - 602 pages
...circulated to the effect that " The Great Mogul's Company of Comedians" would perform " Pasquín," a dramatic satire on the times ; being the rehearsal...ministerial corruption, mixed with personal allusions to people of note, which called forth peals of laughter and applause. In 1737, Fielding repeated his experiment... | |
 | New York state, libr - 1861 - 1104 pages
...Quixote in England : A Farce (1733). . . Edinburgh, 1760. 12°. Pam. v. 621. Pasquin : A Dramatick Satire on the times. Being the rehearsal of two plays,...viz. : a comedy called the Election, and a tragedy call'd the Life and Death of Common Sense. . . .London, 1736. 12". Pam. v. 396. FIELDING, TH The Art... | |
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Pasquin. A Dramatick Satire on the Times : Being the Rehearsal of Two Plays, viz. A Comedy call'd The Election ; and a Tragedy call'd The Life and Death of Common-Sense. 
