 | Douglas Veitch - 1882 - 394 Seiten
...April 27. Sow good, even on an unworthy soil ; for it will not be lost, wherever it is \ i sown. I know the thing that's most uncommon ; Envy be silent...reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend. — Pope. Constant suspicion of others arises from moral twilight in your own mind. —Bacon. , ( i... | |
 | H. L. Sidney Lear - 1882 - 204 Seiten
...arrive. POPE. To an Inconstant Woman. 61 CXXIII. ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT. I KNOW the thing that 's most uncommon ; (Envy, be silent, and attend !) I...reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Not warp'd by passion, aw'd by rumour ; Not grave thro' pride, or gay thro' folly ; An equal mixture of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1882 - 874 Seiten
...pleasant, and painted a portrait of what must certainly have been a delightful lady : — " I know a thing that's most uncommon — Envy, be silent and attend ! — I know a reasonable woman, Handsome, yet witty, and a friend : "Not warp'd by passion, aw'd by rumor, Not grave through pride, or gay through... | |
 | Bernhard Seuffert - 1888 - 558 Seiten
...urtheilen können, möge ersteres hier folgen : On a certain lady at court. I know the thing that 's most uncommon (Envy, be silent, and attend !) ; I...reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Not warp'd by passion, aw'd by rumour, Not gravc thro' pride, or gay through folly, An equal mixture of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 554 Seiten
...pleasant, and painted a portrait of what must certainly have been a delightful lady : — "I know a thing that's most uncommon — Envy be silent and attend ! — I know a reasonable woman, Handsome, yet witty, and a friend : " Not warp'd by passion, aw'd by rumor, Not grave through pride, or gay through... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 400 Seiten
...portrait of what must certainly have been a delightful lady: — VOL. xxx. — 4 " I know a thing that 's most uncommon — Envy, be silent and attend ! — I know a reasonable woman, Handsome, yet witty, and a friend: "Not warp'd by passion, aw'd by rumor, Not grave through pride, or gay through... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 Seiten
...silent mate, See the bird of Juno stooping ; Melody resigns to fate. I ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT. I KNOW the thing that's most uncommon; (Envy be silent,...reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Not warp'd by passion, awed by rumour, Not grave through pride, or gay through folly, An equal mixture... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 Seiten
...silent Mate, See the Bird of Juyp stooping; Melody resigns to Fate. ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT8. I KNOW the thing that's most uncommon; (Envy, be silent,...reasonable Woman, Handsome and witty, yet a Friend. 479 Not warp'd by Passion, aw'd by Rumour, Not grave thro' Pride, or gay through Folly, An equal Mixture... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 Seiten
...Juno stooping; Bright Apollo, lend thy Choir. Melody resigns to Fate. ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT'. I KNOW the thing that's most uncommon; (Envy, be silent,...reasonable Woman, Handsome and witty, yet a Friend. 1 Mary, daughter of Viscount Howe, Maid Crater; note to Lord Hervey's Memoirs. of Honour to Queen Caroline,... | |
 | Thomson Willing - 1895 - 186 Seiten
...whose position at Court would lead to cruel comment and adverse estimate! " I know a thing that 's most uncommon, (Envy, be silent and attend ! ) I know...reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend. " Not warp'd by passion, awed by rumor, Not grave through pride, or gay through folly, — An equal mixture... | |
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And sensible soft melancholy. "Has she no faults then, (Envy says) Sir?" Yes, she has one, I must aver; When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and does not hear. 
