| Horace Walpole - 1857 - 586 strani
...I know a reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Not warp'd by passion, awed by rumour; Not grave through pride, or gay through folly— An equal mixture of good-humour And sensible soft melancholy. ' Has she no faults then,1 (Envy says,) ' Sir ?' ' Yes, she... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1859 - 330 strani
...mixture of good humour, And sensible soft melancholy. 1 Mrs. Howard, afterwards Countess of Suffolk. "Has she no faults then (Envy says), sir?" Yes, she has one, I must aver : When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf and does not hear. ON HIS GROTTO AT... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1859 - 504 strani
...passion, awed by rumour, Not grave through pride, or gay through folly, An equal mixture of good humour e. I" Yes, she has one, I must aver; When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 872 strani
...passion, awed by rumour, Not grave through pride, nor gay through folly ; An equal mixture of good-humour, And sensible soft melancholy. ' Has she no faults,...Envy says, ' sir ? ' Yes, she has one, I must aver : When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and does not hear. But if Pope could... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1860 - 858 strani
...rumour, Not grave through pride, or gay through folly : Ал equal mixture of good-humour And exquisite soft melancholy. " Has she no faults, then (Envy says), sir? Yes, she has one, I must aver — When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and does not hear ! " Eren the women... | |
| Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 strani
...Passion, awed by Rumour ; Not grave through Pride, nor gay through Folly; An equal mixture of good humour, And sensible, soft melancholy. " Has she no faults, then (Envy says), sir? " " Yes, she lias one, I must aver : When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and does not... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1927 - 858 strani
...I know a reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Not warped by passion, awed by rumour, Not grave through pride or gay through folly, An equal mixture of good humour, And sensible, soft melancholy. Has she no faults, then (envy says), Sir ? Yes, she has one,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1860 - 542 strani
...I know a reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Not warp'd by passion, awed by rumour, Not grave through pride, or gay through folly; An equal mixture of good-humour, And sensible soft melancholy. "Has she no faults then (Envy says), Sir?" Yes, she has... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1860 - 266 strani
...know a reasonable woman, Handsome, yet witty, and a friend : ' ' Not warp'd by passion, awed by rumor, Not grave through pride, or gay through folly : An equal mixture of good-humor And exquisite soft melancholy. "Has she no faults, then (Envy says), sir? Yes, she has one,... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1860 - 858 strani
...know a reasonable woman, Handsome, yet witty, and a friend : " Not warp'd by passion, aw'd by rumour, Not grave through pride, or gay through folly : An equal mixture of good-humour And exquisite soft melancholy. " Has she no faults, then (Envy says), sir? Yes, she has... | |
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