 Flavia the least and slightest toy, Can with resistless art employ. This fan in meaner hands would prove An engine of small force in love ; But she with such an air and mien, Not to be told, or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions so, That it wounds...  Musa Proterva: Love-poems of the Restoration - Seite 117herausgegeben von - 1889 - 128 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Joseph Addison - 1880 - 532 Seiten
...employ. This fan in meaner hands would prove An engine of small force in love ; But she with such an air and mien, • Not to be told, or safely seen,...Cupid's bow ; Gives coolness to the matchless dame, To ev'ry other breast a flame. When this coxcomb had done reading them, ' Hey-day I (says he) what instrument... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1882 - 324 Seiten
...Atterbury, which Steele quotes in Ta/fcr No. 239, may also have been in Addison's mind : — ' Fla-<ia the least and slightest toy ' Can with resistless...hands would prove ' An engine of small force in love ; ' But she with such an air and mien, ' Mot to be told, or safely seen, 'Directs ' Directs its wanton... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1882 - 322 Seiten
...Atterbury, which Steele quotes in Taller No. 239, may also have been in Addison's mind : — ' Flavia the least and slightest toy " Can with resistless...This fan in meaner hands would prove ' An engine of STiall force in love ; ' But she with such an air and mien, ' Not to be told, or safely seen, ' Directs... | |
 | 1882 - 876 Seiten
...as any one in the English tongue": — Flavia the least and slightest toy Can with resistless arts employ. This fan in meaner hands would prove An engine of small force in love ; But she with such an air and mien Not to be told or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions so, That... | |
 | 1882 - 782 Seiten
...the English tongue": — Flavia the least and slightest toy Can with resistless arts employ, Thisya« in meaner hands would prove An engine of small force in love ; l!ut she with such an air and mien Not to be told or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions so,... | |
 | AUSTIN DOBSON - 1883 - 590 Seiten
...Atterbury, which Steele quotes in Taller No. 239, may also have been in Addison's mind :— ' Flavin the least and slightest toy ' Can with resistless...hands would prove ' An engine of small force in love ; ' But she with such an air and mien, ' Not to be told, or safely seen, ' Directs its wanton motions... | |
 | Henry John Wale - 1883 - 430 Seiten
...men were in heaven. WROTE ON A LADY'S FAN. By Francis Atterbury, fam'd Bishop of Rochester. Flavia the least and slightest toy, Can with resistless art employ. This fan in other hands would prove, An engine of small force in love, But she directs its motions so, That it... | |
 | Henry John Wale - 1883 - 398 Seiten
...men were in heaven. WROTE ON A LADY'S FAN. By Francis Atterbury, fam'd Bishop of Rochester. Flavia the least and slightest toy, Can with resistless art employ. This fan in other hands would prove, An engine of small force in love, But she directs its motions so, That it... | |
 | 1888 - 498 Seiten
...flattery to the author, is, I think, as beautiful in its kind as any one in the English tongue ; * Flavia the least and slightest toy Can with resistless art...hands would prove An engine of small force in love ; But she, with such an air and mien, Not to be told, or safety seen, Directs its wanton motions so,... | |
 | 1888 - 266 Seiten
...employ. This fan in meaner hands would prove An engine of small force in love; But Bhe with Buch an air and mien, Not to be told, or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions BO, That it wounds more than Cupid's bow; Gives coolness to the matchless damcf To ev'ry other breast... | |
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