 | Louis Du Pont Syle - 1894 - 478 strani
...wise ! From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, Swift expires a driv'ler and a show. • The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face : 320 Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king.... | |
 | Louis Du Pont Syle - 1894 - 508 strani
...and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face : 320 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... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 432 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 556 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...could tell, what ills from Beauty spring ; And Sedley cursed the charms which pleased a king." Lord Hailes told him he was mistaken, in the instance he had... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Godfrey Locker Lampson - 1900 - 518 strani
...majesty has made my daughter a Countess, it is fit I should do all I can to make his daughter a Queen." " Yet Vane could tell what ills from Beauty spring, And Sedley curs'd the form that pleased a King." (Johnson's Vanity of Human U'i'.nt'..\ Catherine Sedley, on being made Countess... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 404 strani
...Mr. Boswell's Tour to the Hebrides, we find some observations respecting the lines in question :— ' In Dr. Johnson's Vanity of human Wishes there is the...for each birth the fortune of a face ; Yet Vane," etc. 'Lord Hailes told him [Johnson] he was mistaken in the instances be had given of unfortunate fair... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 strani
...wise: From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show! cursed the form that pleased a king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, Whom Pleasure keeps too... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1905 - 330 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 each birth the fortune of a face; Yet Varfe could tell what ills from beauty spring; And Sedley cursed the form that pleased a king. Ye nymphs... | |
 | Max Lissner (i. e. Karl Max) - 1905 - 124 strani
...Darauf scheint eine anspielung Samuel Johnsons in der „Vanity of Human Wishes" deutlich hinzuweisen: „Yet Vane could tell what ills from Beauty spring, And Sedley curs'd the form that pleased a king."s) ') Sein tagebuch endet mit dem 31. Mai 1669. 2) Cit. nach Allibone's Dictionary... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 strani
...dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, 320 Begs for each birth the fortune of a face ; Yet Vane...could tell what ills from beauty spring; And Sedley cursed the form that pleased a king. Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes, When Pleasure keeps too... | |
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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. 
