 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 652 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...look, inflame The coldest breast, the rudest tame. His sallies of casual flattery are sometimes elegant and happy, as that in return for the Silver Pen... | |
 | James Boswell - 1823 - 440 pagina’s
...impress with " Love at first sight:" " Some other nymphs with colours faint, And pencil slow, may Cnpid paint, And a weak heart in time destroy ; She has a stamp, and prints the boy." That he, however, had a good deal of trouble and some anxiety in carrying on the work, we see from... | |
 | James Boswell - 1824 - 482 pagina’s
...composition. He may be assimilated to the Lady in Waller, who could impress with " Love at first sight :'' " Some other nymphs with colours faint, And pencil slow,...in time destroy ; She has a stamp, and prints the boy.1' That he, however, had a good deal of trouble, and some anxiety in carrying on the work, we see... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 506 pagina’s
...passage, he confounds love, as a person, with love, as a passion : Some other nymphs, with colours fuint, And pencil slow, may Cupid paint, And a weak heart,...look, inflame The coldest breast, the rudest tame. His sallies of casual flattery are sometimes elegant and happy, as that in Return for the Silver Pen... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 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...stamp, and prints the boy : Can, with a single look, iufhime The coldest breast, the rudest tame. His sallies of casual flattery are sometimes elegant and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 pagina’s
...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...in time, destroy ; She has a stamp, and prints the hoy : Can, with a single look, inflame The coldest breast, the rudest tame. His sallies of casual flattery... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 444 pagina’s
...composition. He may be assimilated to the lady in Waller, who could impress with love at first sight : Some other nymphs with colours faint, And pencil slow,...time destroy ; She has a stamp, and prints the boy. That he, however, had a good deal of trouble, and some anxiety in carrying on the work, we see from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 pagina’s
...passage, he confounds Love as a person with Love as a pwsioa: Some other nymphs, with colours faiut, And pencil slow, may Cupid paint, And a weak heart in time destroy ; She has a stamp, and prim- the buy : Can, with a single look, inflame The coldest breast, the rndest tame. His sallies of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pagina’s
...assimilated to the Lady in AValler, who could impress with " Love at first sight :" " Some other nymph« with colours faint. And pencil slow, may Cupid paint,...time destroy ; She has a stamp, and prints the boy." That he, however, had a good deal of trouble, and some anxiety in carrying on the work, we see from... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 842 pagina’s
...obtruded upon us, that an adamant suspends the attraction of the loadstone. Rrowne's Vulgar Erreurs. Some other nymphs, with colours faint And pencil slow,...time destroy : She has a stamp, and prints the boy. Waller. No constant reason of this can be given, but from the nature of man's mind, which hath this... | |
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Some other nymphs, with colours faint^ And pencil slow, may Cupid paint, 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. 
