 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 strani
...wife ! From Marlb'rough's eyes the ftreams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a fhow. The * teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for...a face : Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty fpring; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king. Ye nymphs of rofy lips and radiant eyes, Whom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 422 strani
...wife ! From Marlb'rough's eyes the ftreams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a Ihow. * The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for...a face ; Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty fpring ; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king. Ye nymphs of rofy lips and radiant eyes, Whom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 strani
...wife ! From Marlb'rough's eyes the ftreams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and afhow. * The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a fees ; Yet V ane could tejl what ills from beauty fpring ; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 strani
...woman can ever be offended with the mention of her beauty. Ibid. vol. 7, p. 18. ^ THE DANCES Of BEAUTY. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 strani
...wise ? From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of flotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ller and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 strani
...wise ! FromMarlb'rough's eyesthe streamsof dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a show. * The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 350 strani
...! From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveler and a show. *Thc teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 436 strani
...wife ! From Marlb'rough's eyes the ftreams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a fhow. * The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for...a face; Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty fpring; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king, Ye nymphs of rofy lips and radiant eyes, Whom... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 strani
...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...for each birth the fortune of a face; " Yet Vane," &c. " Lord Hailes told him, [Johnson] he was mistaken in the instances he had given of unfortunate... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 496 strani
...began, and where it ended. Dr. Johnson ' said, " It is much, now, that his lordship can distinguish so." In Dr. Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes, there [ '...anxious for her race, " Begs, for each birth, the for-unes of a face '. " Yet Vane could tell, what ills from beauty spring, " And Sedley curs'd the... | |
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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. 
