| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 pagina’s
...distinct ; as, in the f -11-. i\vinc passage, he compounds Love as a pereon with Lace as a passion : Some other nymphs, with colours faint, And pencil...single look, Inflame The coldest breast, the rudest lame. His sallies -of casual flattery are sometimes elegant and happy, as that in return for the silver... | |
| William James Linton - 1844 - 340 pagina’s
...longer, when a lady with a vizard-face passed smartly before him, half singing, half repeating — " It is not that I love you less Than when before your feet I lay." Our hero was once more Easy Etherege. In five minutes more the vizard was from off her face, and the... | |
| Eliphalet L. Rice - 1846 - 432 pagina’s
...teach, The eye may in a moment reach And read distinctly in her face. Some other nymphs with colors faint, And pencil slow, may Cupid paint, And a weak...look inflame The coldest breast, the rudest tame. S ONG. While I listen to thy voice, Chloris, I feel my life decay: That powerful noise Calls my flitting... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 pagina’s
...vrith Lace as a passion : Some other nymph*, with colours faint, And pencil alow, may Cunfci paioc. And a weak heart in time destroy ; She has a stamp, and prints the boy : Can, with a *i.-i?le look, inflame The eoM**t breast, the rudest tame. His sallies of casual flattery are sometimes... | |
| James Boswell - 1851 - 322 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... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 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...look inflame The coldest breast, the rudest tame. Т1ГЕ SELF-BANISHED. IT is not that I love you less, Than when before your feet I lay ; But to prevent... | |
| Harriet Skene - 1853 - 422 pagina’s
...Derwentwater to sing to us, and, amongst other songs, he gave us that exquisite little piece of Waller's : " It is not that I love you less Than when before your feet I lay." When I retired to my room I could not but sit and ponder over the occurrences of the last three days.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 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... | |
| Edmund Waller - 1854 - 276 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...look, inflame The coldest breast, the rudest tame. TT is not that I love you less, •*- Than when before your feet I lay; But to prevent the sad increase... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 360 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 slow,...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;... | |
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