 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
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1890 - 450 Seiten
...Atterbury late Bishop of Rochester; it is Epigrammaticall as you will find by the two last lines. Flavia the least and slightest Toy, Can with resistless Art...hands would prove An Engine of small force in Love ; .' But she with gracefull air and mien, Not to be told nor safely seen, Directs its wanton motions... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1890 - 452 Seiten
...little galant Epigram, written upon a lady's fan by the late Bishop of Rochester, Dr. Atterbury. 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 with matchless air and mien Not... | |
 | William Ralph Hall Caine - 1892 - 320 Seiten
...exile in Paris, 1731. Written on a White Fan BORROWED FROM MISS OSBORNE, AFTERWARDS HIS WIFE FLAVIA the least and slightest toy Can with resistless art...Gives coolness to the matchless dame, To every other breast — aflame ! Miliiani HQalsb was a friend of Dryden and the patron of Pope. He held a place... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 Seiten
...love; liut she with such an air and mien, X": to be told or safely seen, Directs its wanton motion so That it wounds more than Cupid's bow, Gives coolness to the matchless dame, To every other breast a flame. ATTERBURY. Coqnet and coy at once her air, Both studied, though both seem neglected;... | |
 | Reginald Brimley Johnson - 1898 - 300 Seiten
...little galant epigram, written upon a lady's fan by the late Bishop of Rochester, Dr. Atterbury. 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 with graceful air and mien Not to... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1899 - 338 Seiten
...cure!' WRITTEN ON THE LEAVES OF A WHITE FAN, BORROWED FROM MlSS OsBORNE, AFTERWARDS HIS WlFE. FLAVIA, the least and slightest toy Can, with resistless art,...the matchless Dame; To every other breast—a flame! LIBERTY RETRIEVED. How you oblige me, scornful Fair! Such treatment makes me free as air! Reason, at... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1899 - 336 Seiten
...cure!' WRITTEN ON THE LEAVES OF A WHITE FAN, BORROWED FROM MlSS OsBORNE, AFTERWARDS HIS WlFE. FLAVIA, the least and slightest toy Can, with resistless art,...the matchless Dame; To every other breast—a flame! LIBERTY RETRIEVED. How you oblige me, scornful Fair! Such treatment makes me free as air! Reason, at... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 436 Seiten
...which he is said to have addressed to the lady whom he afterward married : "ON A LADY'S FAN. " Flavia, the least and slightest toy, Can with resistless art employ. This fan, in meaner hands, would prove The engine of small force in love ; Yet she, with graceful air and mien, Not to be told, or safely... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 426 Seiten
...which he is said to have addressed to the lady whom he afterward married : "ON A LADY'S FAN. " Flavia, the least and slightest toy, Can with resistless art employ. This fan, in meaner hands, would prove The engine of small force in love; Yet she, with graceful air and mien, Not to be told, or safely seen,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1902 - 310 Seiten
...gallant epigram, written upon a lady's fan by the late Bishop of Rochester, Dr. Atterbury. " 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 with matchless air and mien, Not... | |
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