 | 1840 - 544 σελίδες
...as he could, How grievous soever The torments might grow, He scorned to endeavour To finish it so. But bold, unconcerned, At thoughts of the pain, He calmly returned To his chambers again." The follies herein enacted mi'st make mosl men recall something similar in their own... | |
 | Oliver Oldham - 1854 - 406 σελίδες
...long as he could: How grievous soever The torment might grow, He scorned to endeavor To finish it so. But bold, unconcerned At thoughts of the pain, He calmly returned To his cottage again. THE WORD NO.—MERCHANT'S LEBQEB. 1. A VKRY little word is No. It is composed of but two letters and... | |
 | William Michael Rossetti - 1878 - 510 σελίδες
...lie could : — How grievous soever The torment might grow, He scorned to endeavour To finish it so. But bold, unconcerned At thoughts of the pain, He calmly returned To his cottage again. MATTHEW PRIOR. [Born in 1664, died in 1721. His father was a joiner in London : but Matthew, under... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 636 σελίδες
...long as he could, How grievous soever The torment might grow, He scorned to endeavour To finish it so, But, bold, unconcerned At thoughts of the pain, He calmly returned To his cottage again. WILLIAM CONGREVE. [WILLIAM CONGREVE was born in 1670. His first comedy, The Old Bachelor, was acted... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 362 σελίδες
...as he could : How grievous soever The torment might grow, He scorned to endeavour To finish it so. But bold, unconcerned At thoughts of the pain, He calmly returned To his cottage again. Walsh is also responsible for an excellent imitation of one of Martial's epigrams : Thraso picks quarrels... | |
 | Arthur Henry Bullen - 1889 - 168 σελίδες
...he could : How grievous soever The torment might grow, He scorned to endeavour To finish it so ; And bold, unconcerned At thoughts of the pain, He calmly returned To his cottage again. By BISHOP ATTERBURY. WRITTEN ON A WHITE FAN BORROWED FROM Miss OSBORNE, AFTERWARDS HIS WIFE. T^* LA... | |
 | William Ralph Hall Caine - 1892 - 320 σελίδες
...he could : How grievous soever The torment might grow, He scorned to endeavour To finish it so ; And bold, unconcerned At thoughts of the pain, He calmly returned To his cottage again. An Epistle to a Lady who had resolved against Marriage MADAM, I cannot but congratulate Your resolution... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1899 - 336 σελίδες
...long as he could! How grievous soever The torment might grow; He scorned to endeavour To finish it so! But bold, unconcerned At thoughts of the pain, He calmly returned To his cottage again. 53 William Walsh. ' CUPID ! instruct an am'rous Swain, Some way to tell the Nymph his pain, To common... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1901 - 350 σελίδες
...long as he could! How grievous soever The torment might grow; He scorned to endeavour To finish it so! But bold, unconcerned At thoughts of the pain, He calmly returned To his cottage again. ' CUPID ! instruct an am'rous Swain, Some way to tell the Nymph his pain, To common Youths unknown!... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1905 - 528 σελίδες
...as he could : How grievous soever The torment might grow, He scorned to endeavour To finish it so : But bold, unconcerned At thoughts of the pain, He calmly returned To his cottage again. The verses of Granville and Walsh give back many echoes of the Middle Ages, in the lingering notes... | |
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... projecting, And sadly reflecting That a Lover forsaken, A new Love may get; But a neck, when once broken, Can never be set! 
