Men some to business, some to pleasure take ; But every woman is at heart a rake : Men some to quiet, some to public strife ; But every lady would be queen for life. Oxford: A Poem - Σελίδα 165των Robert Montgomery - 1831 - 258 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
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...a fault ? Experience this : by man's oppression curst. They seek the second not to lose the first. Men some to business, some to pleasure take, But every woman is at heart a rake: Men, some to quiet, some to public strife, But every lady would be queen for life, Yet mark the fate... | |
| Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 σελίδες
...a fault ? Experience this : by man's oppression curs'd, They seek the second not to lose the first. Men some to business, some to pleasure take ; But every. woman is at heart a rake : Men some to quiet, some to public strife; But every lady would be queen for life. Yet mark the fate... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 σελίδες
...a fault ? Experience, this ; by man's oppression curst, They seek the second not to lose the first. Men, some to business, some to pleasure take ; But every woman is at heart a rake- : Men, some to quiet, some to public strife ; But every lady would be queen for life. Yet mark the... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 σελίδες
...a fault ? Experience, this ; by man's oppression curst, They seek the second not to lose the first. dred tapers light On all the walls around. Niiw sounding tongues assail his ear, : Men, some to quiet, some to public strife ; But every lady would be queen for life. Yet mark the... | |
| John Trumbull - 1820 - 250 σελίδες
...time, had also been himself a little dipped in Jlmalory Verse, as Little, [T. Moore] calls it. •). Men, some to business, some to pleasure take, But every woman is at heart a rake. Pope's Essay on the characters of Women. OF THE FUTURE GLORY OF AMERICA. PROSPECT OF THE FUTURE GLORY... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 402 σελίδες
...a fault ? Experience, this ; by man's oppression curst, They seek the second not to lose the first. Men, some to business, some to pleasure take ; But every woman is at heart a rake : Men, some to quiet, some to public strife ; But every lady would be queen for life. Yet mark the... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 276 σελίδες
...a fault ? Experience this : by man's oppression cursed, They seek the second not to lose the first. Men some to business, some to pleasure take; But every woman is at heart a rake: Men some to quiet, some to public strife; But every lady would be queen for life. Yet mark the fate... | |
| 1822 - 440 σελίδες
...beauty, and preserve its fragrance. Mr. Pope passed a severe sentence on the ladies when he said, " Men — some to business, some to pleasure take, But every woman is, at heart, a take." One of our chief pleasures arises from novelty. A life of perpetual sameness would be little... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 σελίδες
...a fault ? Experience, this ; by mau's oppression curst, They seek the second not to lose the first. : Men, some to quiet, some to public strife ; But every lady would be queen for life. Yet mark the... | |
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