 The teeming mother anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face: Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king.  Sir Charles Sedley's Leben und Werke ... - Stran 17avtor: Max Lissner (i. e. Karl Max) - 1905 - 110 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 strani
...passage : 'The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs, for each birth, the fortune of a face : Yet Vane could tell, what ills from beauty spring, And Sedley curs'd the charms which pleas'da king4.' Lord Hailes told him, he was mistaken in the instances he had given of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 478 strani
...paflage : " The teeming mother, anxious for her race, ." Begs, for each birth, the fortune of a face : " Yet Vane could tell, what ills from beauty Spring ; " And Sedley curs'd the charms which pleas'da king." Lord Hailes told him, he was miftaken in the inftances he had given of... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 442 strani
...driv'ler and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face : Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, Whom Pleasure keeps too busy to be wise, Whom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 strani
...DANCES Of BEAUTY. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face ; Yet Vane could tell what ills from Beauty spring, And Sedley curs-d the form that pleas'da king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, Whom pleasure keeps too busy to be wise ; Whom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 strani
...driv'ller and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face : Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring ; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, Whom pleasure keeps too busy to be wise, Whom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 strani
...and a show. * The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face ; Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring ; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, Whom Pleasure keeps too busy to be wise ; Whom... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 strani
...Mr. BoswelPs TOUR TO THE HEBRIPES, we find some observations, respecting the lines in question : * Yet VANE could tell what ills from beauty spring, " And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king." " In Dr. Johnson's VANITY or HUMAN WISHES there is the following passage : " The teeming... | |
 | George Gregory - 1808 - 352 strani
...original — " The teeming mother, anxious for her race, " Begs for each birth the fortune of a face ; " Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring, " And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king. " Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, " Whom pleasure keeps too busy to be wise... | |
 | William Hogarth - 1808 - 346 strani
...originals. To the fate of this lady Dr. Johnson has a beautiful allusion in his Vanity of Human Wishes: " Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring, " And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king." The original picture once adorned the old great room on the right hand of the entry... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 strani
...and a show. * The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face ; Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring ; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, Whom Pleasure keeps too busy to be wise ; Whom... | |
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