 | 1840 - 378 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...could tell what ills from beauty spring, And Sedley cursed the form that pleased a king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, Whom pleasure keeps too... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 strani
...began and where il ended. Dr. Johnson said " It is much now that his lordship can distinguish so." In Dr. Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes there is the...teeming mother, anxious for her race. Begs, for each hirth, the fortune of a face : Yet Vane could tell what ills from i»auty spring; And Sedley cursed... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1847 - 580 strani
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 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 strani
...wise ? From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a drivler and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for...could tell what ills from beauty spring; And Sedley cursed the form that pleased a king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, Whom pleasure keeps too... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 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 the...could tell what ills from beauty spring: And Sedley cursed the charms which pleased a king." Lord Hailes told me he was mistaken in the instances he had... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 strani
...Swift expires a driveller and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each hirth 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... | |
 | 1921 - 1154 strani
...probably be extended JOHN B. WAINEWRICHT. ANN VANE. — Johnson in his 'Vanity oHuman Wishes ' wrote : — The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for...Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring. Lord Hailes pointed out to Boswell that, the example was unfortunate as Vane could lay no claim to... | |
 | 1874 - 582 strani
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 | Samuel Johnson - 1851 - 360 strani
...form, or would have purchased safety by the loss of charms ? Rambler, vol. 3. The Danger 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. Vc nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, Whom pleasure keeps too busy to be... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 340 strani
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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. 
