Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At every word a reputation dies. Wit and Humor - Seite 209von Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 261 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1836 - 428 Seiten
...nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court ; In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ;...chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Meanwhile, declining from the noon of day, The Sun obliquely shoots his burning ray : The hungry judges... | |
| 1836 - 436 Seiten
...nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court ; In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ;...looks, and eyes ; At every word a reputation dies. Snuffj or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Meanwhile,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 Seiten
...instructive hours they pass'd, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of a British queen, And one describes a charming Indian...chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Meanwhile, Declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray : The hungry judges... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 Seiten
...gave the hall, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of a British queen, And one descrihes f* ugling, and all that. Meanwhile, declining from the noon of day, The sun ohliquely shoots his hurning... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 Seiten
...nymphyesort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court ; In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ;...queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; And one interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; And with a word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan,... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 Seiten
...nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court ; In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One...queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; And one interprets motions, looks, and eyes; And with a word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan,... | |
| 1838 - 870 Seiten
...as mentioned by a certain poet of thai, day : 'In various talk the instructive hours they pass'd : Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks...and eyes; At every word, a reputation dies. Snuff, and the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.' In talking upon... | |
| Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury, Lady of rank - 1838 - 228 Seiten
...resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court; In various talk th' instructive hours they -pass, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks...Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and sighs: At every word a reputation dies. — POPE. " AND so Lady Ellen is gone out of town, and nothing... | |
| 1838 - 1012 Seiten
...resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court ; I n various talk th' instructive hours they pass, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks...Indian screen , A third interprets motions, looks, and sighs : At every word a reputation dies. POPE. "ANU so Lady Ellen is gone out of town, and nothing... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 Seiten
...Of. who was bit, or who capotted last. One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describee * " tos supplies each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all ihat. Meanwhile, declining from... | |
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