 Dardan shepherd," holding a gilded apple in his hand, conferred the prize on her whom he deemed the fairest. This classic exhibition took place at his house opposite the Green Park. Neither the second Duke of Buckingham, commemorated by Pope, whose whole...  Posthumous Memoirs of His Own Time - Seite 178von Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1836Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (1st bart.) - 1836 - 394 Seiten
...tracing the vale of Thames, he mentions — " Es/iers groves, Where in the sweetest solitude, embrac'd By the soft windings of the silent Mole, From courts...contemporaries, appear to have ever realized a scene so analogous to M 2 the manners of that profligate period. The correct days of George the Third were reserved... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1836 - 590 Seiten
...Dardan shepherd," holding a gilded apple in his hand, conferred the prize on her whom he deerftfed the fairest. This classic exhibition took place at...contemporaries, appear to have ever realized a scene so analogous to the manners of that profligate period. The correct days of George the Third were reserved... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1837 - 894 Seiten
...Shepherd," holding a gilded apple in his hand, conferred the prize on her whom he deemed the fairest. Neither the second Duke of Buckingham, commemorated...contemporaries, appear to have ever realized a scene so analogous to the manners of that profligate period. The "correct days" of George III. were reserved... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 440 Seiten
...common necessary of life might have been retailed from the daily lavations of the Duke of Queensberry. other of the licentious noblemen his contemporaries, appear to have ever realized a scene so analogous to the manners of that profligate period. The correct days of George the Third were reserved... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1845 - 440 Seiten
...own drawinsr room, the scene of Paris and the Goddesses. Three of the most beautiful females to he found in London presented themselves before him, precisely...contemporaries, appear to have ever realized a scene so analogous to the manners of that profligate period. The correct days of George the Third were reserved... | |
 | 1884 - 864 Seiten
...divinities of Homer are supposed to have appeared to Paris on Mount Ida; while he, habited like "the liardan shepherd," holding a gilded apple in his hand, conferred...contemporaries, appear to have ever realized a scene so analogous to the manners of that profligate period. The correct days of George 1 1 1. were reserved... | |
 | Edwin Beresford Chancellor - 1925 - 272 Seiten
...his hand, conferred the prize on her whom he deemed the fairest." Well might the diarist add that, " neither the second Duke of Buckingham, commemorated...contemporaries, appear to have ever realized a scene so analogous to the manners of that profligate period. The correct days of George the Third were reserved... | |
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