 | James Boswell - 1791 - 608 pagina’s
...colours faint, " And pencil flow may Cupid paint, '' And a weak heart in time deftroy; " She has a ftamp and prints the boy." That he, however, had a good deal of trouble and fome anxiety in carrying on the work, we fee from a feries of his notes to Mr, Nichols, the printer... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pagina’s
...with love as a passion : Some other nymphs, with colours faint, And pencil slow may Cupid p» int, And a weak heart in time destroy ; She has a stamp, and prints the Boy : Can, .with a single look, inflame The coldest breast, the rudest tame. His sallies of casual flattery... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pagina’s
...always distinct ; as, in the following passage, he con. founds Love as a person with love as a passion : Some other nymphs, with colours faint, And pencil...time destroy ; She has a stamp, and prints the Boy : Can, with a single look, inflame The coldest breast, the rudest tame. * His sallies of casual flattery... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pagina’s
...[estampe, Fr. stamfa, Ital.] i. Any instrument by which a distinct and lasting impression is made. Some other nymphs, with colours faint And pencil slow,...may Cupid paint, And a weak heart in time destroy : Sh* bin a itomf, and ptinu die buy. Wtl'.tr, T is gold so pure, It cannot bear the stamp without... | |
 | Edmund Waller - 1806 - 320 pagina’s
...Which time and use are wont to teach, The eye may in a moment reach, And read distinctly in her face. Some other nymphs with colours faint, And pencil slow,...time destroy ; She has a stamp, and prints the Boy ; Can with a single look inflame The coldest breast, the rudest tame. THE SELF-BANISHED. IT is not... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pagina’s
...correctness with which he rapidly struck off such glowing composition. He may be assimilated to the Lady in Waller, who could impress with " Love at first...may Cupid paint, " And a weak heart in time destroy ; <c She has a stamp, and prints the boy." I was persuaded to promise them a preface to the works of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 562 pagina’s
...correctness with which he rapidly struck off such glowing composition. He may be assimilated to the Lady in Waller,) who could impress with " Love at first...colours faint, " And pencil slow, may Cupid paint, l " And a weak heart in time destroy ; " She has a stamp, and prints the boy." That he, however, had... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pagina’s
...always distinct; as, in the following passage, he confounds Love as a person with Love as a passion : Some other nymphs, with colours faint, And pencil...time destroy ; She has a stamp, and prints the boy : Can, with a single look, inflame The coldest breast, the rudest tame. His sallies of casual flattery... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pagina’s
...always distinct ; as, in the following passage, he confounds Love as a person with Love as a passion : Some other nymphs, with colours faint, And pencil...weak heart in time destroy ; She has a stamp, and prmts the boy ; Can, with a single look, inflame The coldest breast, the rudest tame. His sallies of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 pagina’s
...always distinct ; as, in the following passage, he confounds Love as a person with Love as a passion : Some other nymphs, with colours faint, And pencil...time destroy ; She has a stamp, and prints the boy : Can, with a single look, inflame The coldest breast, the rudest tame. His sallies of casual flattery... | |
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As he was so good as to make me a present of the greatest part of the original, and indeed only manuscript of this admirable work, I have an opportunity of observing with wonder the correctness with which he rapidly struck off such glowing composition.... 
