| George Gregory - 1808 - 352 strani
...so much more concentrated, and on the whole so superior, that I omit transcribing the original — " 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... | |
| 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 strani
...wise ! From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of 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... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 strani
...the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show. The teeming mother, anxious lor her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face : Yet Vane could tell what ills from beanty spring; And Sedly curs'd the form that pleas'da king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 strani
...From Marlu'roup'h's eyes the streams of dotage And Swift expires a dnv'lcr and a show, [flow , The J ho, with a borrow'd name And profer'd service to thy palace came, Now ciill'd P ; . i Ver. 260—315. et SACRED AND MORAL. 1 « V;,ne could t«U what ills from beauty spring : .VndixfUey... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 strani
...wise! From Mario' rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift exp'res a drivMer anJ a show. U The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for...Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring, And Sedlcy curs'd the form that pleas'da king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, Whom pleasure keeps... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 206 strani
...wise i From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage And Swift expires a driveller and a show, [flow, The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for...what ills from beauty spring ; And Sedley curs'd the form that plea&'da king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes! Whom pleasure keeps too busy to be... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 strani
...wise ? From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller 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... | |
| James Boswell - 1813 - 492 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 is...could tell, what ills from beauty spring, "And Sedley curs' d the charms which pleas'da king." Lord Hailes told him, he was mistaken in the instances he... | |
| John Britton - 1813 - 1036 strani
...year should be withdrawn. To this circumstance it probably was, that Johnson alluded in these lines : Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring, And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'd the King. By the Countess of Dorchester James had a daughter first married to James,... | |
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