 | George Charles L. Tottenham - 1868 - 526 Seiten
...needs dress up his infidelity in the most loathsome garments. It'll never be said of him that — ' His chaste muse employed her heaven-taught lyre None...thought, One line which dying he could wish to blot.' ' He's very young,' said Drummond, handing Townsend a box of cigarets ; ' he may improve. It's to be... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 Seiten
...First edition :— ' Who rules o'er freemen should himself be free.' LORD LYTTELTON. 1709-1773. FOR his chaste Muse employed her heaven-taught lyre None...thought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot. Prologue to Thomsoris Coriolanns. None without hope e'er loved the brightest fair, But love can hope... | |
 | 1870 - 784 Seiten
...poet long departed, the reader will find in this full volume of thoughtful verse — Not one 'mmoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. This is no small praise in the present day of the abased muses, and will, we should hope, carry a book,... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1873 - 508 Seiten
...the prologue to his play of Coriolanus, which was acted after the poet's death, in which he says: " His chaste Muse employed her heaven-taught lyre None...thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot." The praise accorded him in this much-quoted line is justly his due : it is greater praise that he was... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1873 - 498 Seiten
...prologue to his play of Coriolanus, which was acted after the poet's death, in which he says : " - His chaste Muse employed her heaven-taught lyre None...immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he coulil wish to blot." The praise accorded him in this much-quoted line is justly his due : it is greater... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 Seiten
...Russell's Memoir of Fox, Vol. iii. p. 345. Letter to the Hon. T Maitland. LORD LYTTELTON. 1709-1773. For his chaste Muse employed her heaven-taught lyre None...thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanus. Women, like princes, find few real friends. Adviee to a Lady. What... | |
 | 1874 - 414 Seiten
...attached. London, 1667. $1.50 COLLECTION OF ENGLISH SONGS. With an Appendix. 8vo, calf. London, 1796. $3.25 "Not one immoral, one corrupted thought ; One line, which dying, he could wish to blot." COLLIEB, JOHN PAYNE. Book of Hoxburghe Ballads. 4», half calf. Scarce. Lon~ don, 1847. $8.00 CROKEB,... | |
 | 1874 - 992 Seiten
...attached. London, 1667. $1.50 COLLECTION OF ENGLISH SONGS. With an Appendix. 8vo, calf. London, 1796. $3.25 "Not one immoral, one corrupted thought ; One line, which dying, he could wish 10 blot" COLLIEB, JOHN PAYNE. Book of Boxburghe Ballads. 4to, half calf. Scarce. London, 1847. $800... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 Seiten
...Popish liturgy, and an Arminian clergy. From Prior's Life of Burke, 1790. LORD LYTTELTON. 1709-1773. For his chaste Muse employed her heaven-taught lyre None...thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanus. Women, like princes, find few real friends. Advice to a Lady. is... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 Seiten
...moving art, That charm'd each ear and soften'd every heart. LORD LYTTELTON. For his chaste Muse employ'd her heaventaught lyre None but the noblest passions...thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. LORD LYTTELTON : Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanus. What neede my Shakespeare for his honour'd bones,... | |
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Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot. 
