 How oft, when press'd to marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those which love has made! Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies...  The Poetical Works of Charles, Churchill - Stran 92avtor: Charles Churchill - 1866Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Capel Lofft - 1837 - 608 strani
...warmth, expansiveness, geniality, and entire ease and unconstrainedness ; and, as the poet tells us, Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. To the genius, then, of conversation we must make our offerings in this spirit, if we would find acceptance... | |
 | 1837 - 738 strani
...Lucretius, iv. 1 1 77. ' tribuisse quod illi Plus videat, quam mortali concedere par est.' Line 75. ' Love free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flics.' See Drycleii's Aurungzebe. ' Love scorns all ties, but those that are his own.' Line 104. '... | |
 | 1848 - 692 strani
...unfortunately omitted in the army lists. His parents were of the Godwin school, and aware that love " At sight of human ties, " Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies." prudently rejected the hymeneal bond, and were contented to be fettered only by a wreath of roses.... | |
 | Peter Abelard, Héloïse, François Guizot - 1839 - 410 strani
...envy them that heav'n I lose for thee. How oft , when press d to marriage , have I said , (lurscon all laws but those which love has made? Love, free...ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. Let wealth , let honour, wait the wedded dame , August her deed , and sacred be her fame ; Before true... | |
 | 1898 - 496 strani
...flüchtig Chaucer. In dem gedieht 'Eloisa to Abelard' heisst es (Works, vol. II, s. 241) v. 75, 76: Love, free as air, at sight of human ties. Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flics, und Pope führt dazu in einer anmerkung, ohne weitere hinzufügurig als die angäbe 'Chaucer',... | |
 | Alastair Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton - 1961 - 748 strani
...revere as calculated to knit our union together by new and stronger bands. It is not true that — "Love free as air at sight of human ties Spreads his light wings and in a moment flies." A sincere passion takes pleasure in multiplying the ties by which it is held to its object, and every... | |
 | 1837 - 658 strani
...Wolstonecraft's doctrine. Pope has expressed, in his Letter of Eloisa to Abelard, the tenets of this school : " How oft, when pressed to marriage, have I said, Curse...ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. Should at my feet the world's great master fall, Himself, his throne, his world, I'd scorn them all.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 strani
...remote the joys of saints I see, Nor envy them, that heav'n I lose for thee. How oft', when press'd to marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those...has made! Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, 75 Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. Let wealth, let honour, wait the wedded dame, August... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1835 - 634 strani
...thing is, that I doubt if harmony and love can be ever promoted by force, for I agree with Pope, that " Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies." 9046. Have you ever recommended or obtained situations in the police for any persons ? — Many. 9047.... | |
 | Mary Briody Mahowald - 1994 - 552 strani
...when, in order to preserve this passion, she refused to marry her beloved Abelard. How oft, when prest to marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those...ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. But friendship is a calm and sedate affection, conducted by reason and cemented by habit; springing... | |
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