| 1822 - 284 Seiten
...'twixtyour shame or pride, Weakness or delicacy; all so nice, That each may seem a virtue or a vice. In men we various ruling passions find; In women two almost divide the kind; Those only fix'd, they tirst or last obey, The love of pleasure, and the love of sway. That Nature gives; and where the lesson... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 Seiten
...observed, that the general Characteristic of the sex, as to the ruling Passion, is more uniform. P. Those, only fix'd, they first or last obey, The Love of Pleasure, and the Love of Sway. 210 That, Nature gives ; and where the lesson taught Is but to please, can Pleasure seem a fault? Experience,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 Seiten
...England (and it is of Weakness or Delicacy ; all so nice, 205 That each may seem a Virtue or a Vice. In Men, we various Ruling Passions find ; In Women, two almost divide the Kind ; VARIATIONS. Ver. 207 in the first Edition, In sev'ral Men, we sev'ral Passions find ; In Women, two... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 Seiten
...England (and it is of Weakness or Delicacy ; all so nice, 205 That each may seem a Virtue or a Vice. In Men, we various Ruling Passions find ; In Women, two almost divide the Kind ; VARIATIONS. Ver. 207 in the first Edition, In sev'ral Men, we sev'ral Passions find ; In Women, two... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 Seiten
...author explained it at ver. 207, where he shuts up his characters with this philosophical reflection : " In men, we various ruling passions find ; In women,...obey, The love of pleasure, and the love of sway." If this account be true, we see the perpetual necessity (which is not the case in Men) that Women lie... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 Seiten
...'twixt your shame or pride, Weakness or delicacy ; all so nice, That each may seem a virtue, or a vice. ,/0 ,/ That, nature gives; and where the lesson taught Is but to please, can pleasure seem a fault ? Experience,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1824 - 424 Seiten
...your shame or pride, Weakness or delicacy ; all so nice, 205 That each may seem a virtue, or a vice. In men, we various Ruling Passions find ; In women,...obey, The love of pleasure, and the love of sway. 210 NOTES. is sordid, vicious, and low. If there were no other use in the conversation of ladies, it... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 Seiten
...'twixt your shame or pride, Weakness or delieaey ; all so niee, That eaeh may seem a virtue, or a viee. ells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated...voiee provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe That, nature gives ; and where the lesson taught Is but to please, ean pleasure seem a fault ? Experienee,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 Seiten
...'twixt your shade or pride, Weakness or delicacy ; all so nice, That each may seem a virtue or a vice. In men we various ruling passions find ; In women,...first or last obey, The love of pleasure, and the luve uf sway. 210 That nature gives ; and where the lesson taught le but to please, can pleasure seem... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 460 Seiten
...delicacy ; all so nice, That each may seem a virtue or a vice. ID men we various ruling passions find j In women two almost divide the kind; Those only fix'd,...obey, The love of pleasure, and the love of sway. That nature gives ; and where the lesson taught Is but to please, can pleasure seem a fault ? Experience... | |
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